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French Resistance hero Cecile Rol-Tanguy dies at age 101

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PARIS – French Resistance member Cecile Rol-Tanguy, who risked her life during World War II by working to liberate Paris from Nazi occupation, has died.

She was 101. Rol-Tanguy died on Friday at her home in Monteaux, in central France, as Europe commemorated the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces.

The cause of her death was not disclosed by French officials. French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Rol-Tanguy on Saturday, calling her a “freedom fighter.” Rol-Tanguy joined the Resistance at age 21, typing out calls for rebellion on the day German troops occupied Paris in June 1940, With her husband, Henri Rol-Tanguy, who became a prominent fighter in the French Resistance, she started living a

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