Raymonde Dien: key obituary facts
Is Raymonde Dien dead? Yes. Raymonde Dien died on August 20, 2022, at age 93.
Cause of death: Raymonde Dien's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Raymonde Dien known for?
She was a French communist activist (1929–2022).
More about Raymonde Dien
Born: 13 May 1929.
Place of birth: Mansigné.
Place of death: Saint-Denis.
Gender: female.
Occupation: politician.
Nationality: France.
Also known as: Octavia Raymonde Emilia Huberdeau.
Raymonde Dien, a French political activist, died on August 20, 2022, aged 93.
Born Raymonde Huberdeau on May 13, 1929, in Mansigné, she was known as a French communist activist and for her role in a 1950 protest against the Indochina War. On February 23, 1950, she joined an improvised demonstration at the Saint-Pierre-des-Corps rail station near Tours, where several hundred supporters of the French Communist Party tried to block a military train carrying armored vehicles bound for Indochina.
Dien was the only demonstrator prosecuted and was imprisoned for ten months, first in Tours and later at the Fort of Hâ in Bordeaux.