Death
In June 2009, Fignon revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy for metastatic cancer. He also admitted to having used banned drugs amphetamines and cortisone. Fignon's cancer was diagnosed in April 2009 after being found in his digestive system.
In January 2010, his doctors discovered that the cancer originated in his lungs. He died of the disease at 12.30 pm local time on 31 August 2010, aged 50 at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
His funeral took place on 3 September 2010 at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, where he was later cremated. His ashes were placed in the columbarium of the same cemetery almost nine months after his death. He is survived by both parents. He is also survived by his son and daughter from his first marriage, which ended in divorce in 2000. He was married to his second wife from 2008 until his death.
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