PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Bishop Francois-Wolff Ligonde, who presided over the lavish wedding of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier and was viewed as an ardent supporter of the regime, died on Monday, a local radio station reported. He was 85.

Radio Kiskeya, citing Bishop Louis Kebreau, reported that Ligonde died following an unspecified illness. He had earlier suffered from heart complications and diabetes.

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