Death and Legacy
In 1998, he wrote his book My story with the Taif Agreement in which he revealed secrets of the then-controversial agreement that is now acclaimed but died November 17, 1998, of cancer before the distribution of the book in which his elder son was in charge.
He left behind a wife, Lily El Khazen, and three children: Samer (now a member of Parliament representing the Kataeb Party parliamentarian bloc), Myra and Rami. His son Samer decided to pursue the political work.
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