Two days later, surrounded by family, she died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine without regaining consciousness.

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In 1919, the Treaty of Neuilly was signed between the victors of World War I and Bulgaria.

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The son of a Hungarian refugee father and French mother, Sarkozy was 28 when he became mayor of Neuilly, a Paris suburb.

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As a former mayor of Neuilly, a swanky Paris suburb favoured by celebrities, Mr Sarkozy's taste for showbiz friends was nothing new.

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