Lachaise

[ luh-shez; French la-shez ]

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noun

Gas·ton [gas, -t, uh, n, g, a, -, stawn], 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.

Jeanne's body, secreted away, was only later reburied next to his, in Père Lachaise.

Camusot promised to purchase a plot of ground for her in the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise.

On certain festivals of the year there are a thousand mourners to every acre of Pre Lachaise.

He left his studio only to visit her grave in Pre-Lachaise, or to wander alone along the outer boulevards.

He was buried by his own directions in Montmartre, "in order to avoid being disturbed by the crowd and bustle of Pre Lachaise."

She wanted to be buried beside her husband, her first husband, "the hero," in the Pre Lachaise cemetery.

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