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French journalist, known for Brigitte Macron gender claims, dies

18 September 2026 17:48

French journalist Natacha Rey, who claimed that French First Lady Brigitte Macron was born male, has died, journalist Xavier Poussard reported.

According to Poussard, Rey died of cancer on September 13.

In December 2021, Natacha Rey unsubstantiated rumors online that Brigitte had never existed, and that her brother Jean-Michel Trogneux had changed gender and started using that name.

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