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Former World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset dies at 75

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Published 7:24 AM

By GERALD IMRAY
AP Sports Writer

Former World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset has died. He was 75. The Frenchman’s death was announced by the sport’s governing body. Lapasset was chairman of World Rugby for eight years from 2008-16 and helped see the sport return to the Olympic program at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016 after a 92-year gap. He also served as co-chairman of 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee after leaving World Rugby. Lapasset was the long-serving president of the French Rugby Federation from 1991-2008.

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