Stephen has remained in his ancestral city of Montreal, the last male Bronfman to do so, with his wife, Claudine Blondin, a former Molson marketing executive, and two young children.

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When General Leslie Groves, manager of the Manhattan Project, witnessed the explosion of the world's first atomic bomb at Alamogordo, he thought of Blondin crossing the Falls on a tightrope.

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Mr Diallo has been sent to fill the vacuum left by the death of the previous mediator, Alioune Blondin Beye, and to steer the peace process back on to solid ground.

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Making matters worse, the United Nations mission, which has the thankless task of trying to keep peace alive, is totally disoriented after the death on June 26th of its chief, Alioune Blondin Beye.

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