French chef Lecomte dies in Tokyo at 68

French chef Lecomte dies in Tokyo at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Andre Lecomte, a French chef in Tokyo who counted visiting world leaders among his customers, died of a heart attack in Tokyo on Aug. 6, his family says on Aug. 8. He was 68. A native of the Loire Department in central France, Lecomte comes to Japan in 1963 to work as a chef at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo. The Kyodo News file photo shows Lecomte (R) poses with French President Jacques Chirac (L) during his official visit at the French Embassy in Tokyo on April 28,1998.

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