(August 30, 1957 – May 3, 2011)
He was known for the colorful clothes he wore at the National Assembly and his love of heavy metal music, a musical style he defended on various occasions during the debates concerning the Hadopi law or the controversy about the Hellfest festival. On 5 June 2010, he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the Metallurgicales festival in Denain.[2]
In November 2010, Roy revealed that he was suffering from a digestive cancer[3][4]. In February 2011 he announced that he will come back to the National Assembly on March 15th and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support.[5]
Patrick Roy died in Valenciennes on 3 May 2011[6] from pancreatic cancer. He was 53.
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