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Isabelle Balkany, the Heartbroken, Announces the Disappearance of the One She "Always Nicknamed "Grain of Rice""

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On Monday, September 22, 2025, in a message published on X, Isabelle Balkany reported a sad news. A former collaborator, whom she had nicknamed Mauritius or Rice Grain, died from a long illness.

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The employee of the town hall of Levallois-Perret (Hautes-de-Seine) whom Isabelle Balkany had nicknamed "rice seed" in a video died, announced the ex-elect.

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On Monday, September 22, 2025, in a message published on X, Isabelle Balkany reported a sad news. A former collaborator, whom she had nicknamed Mauritius or Rice Grain, died from a long illness.

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The man, in charge of the mail to the town hall, was suffering from a cancer of the bones, said this Monday on X the former first deputy of Levallois-Perret. The nickname she has given him always makes controversy.

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On Monday, September 22, 2025, Isabelle Balkany announced the death of Maurice, a Vietnamese man who arrived in Levallois-Perret during the boat people era. She and her husband, Patrick Balkany, had caused controversy when a video was unearthed for a documentary, in which they were seen calling him "grain of rice."

The sequence in which she gave the nickname "Grain of Rice" was controversial when it was rebroadcast after the Covid. The Vietnamese employee, nicknamed "Grain of Rice", by Isabelle Balkany died according to a...

Controversial political figures are also experiencing moments of intense personal emotion. Isabelle Balkany, the former mayor of Levallois-Perret, has just lost a close collaborator. Maurice, whom she affectionately nicknamed "Grain of Rice", has passed away this weekend. This disappearance nevertheless revives the memories of a controversy born a few years ago. Therefore, it highlights the human ties that sometimes transcend public controversie…

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parismatch.com broke the news in on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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