Line Renaud, co-founder of Sidaction, which is part of the July 14 promotion of the Legion of Honor published this Thursday in the Official Gazette, expressed her “tremendous emotion” on Twitter on Thursday.
“C’est avec une immense émotion que je decouvre ce matin que je suis elevée à la plus haute distinction de la République, celle de Grand-croix dans l’ordre de la Légion d’Honneur. Je suis bouleversée”, at -ella write.
“I think it is my various battles that we salute, especially my 37 years of fighting AIDS. I thank the President for this nomination, as well as my country that has given me so much. I share this decoration with all French people, who have always been in my heart”.
“Without Line, Sidaction would not exist”
The 94-year-old actress and singer’s commitment to AIDS patients dates back to the 1980s. It was in 1985 when she launched the first galas in favor of medical research, with Elizabeth Taylor and Pierre Bergé.
“Without Line, Sidaction would not exist and a series of research programs would not have been possible,” he told the Parisian in March 2021 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, President of Sidaction, Nobel Prize for the discovery of HIV. She engaged in a struggle for life that corresponds to her personality full of humanity and her generosity, she saw what the sick suffered in the 80’s.
Line Renaud is also committed to the right to die with dignity. She spoke on the subject in the National Assembly in September 2021, together with the deputy Olivier Falorni, rapporteur of a bill presented in November 2017, which grants “the right to a free and chosen end of life”.
Source: BFM TV
