What is René Fontès?
[[File:René Fontès 01.jpg|thumb|Fontès in 2010]] '''René Fontès''' (11 June 1941 – 17 March 2019) was a [[French people|French]] [[sports]] official and [[politician]]. He was club [[president]] of the [[Top 14]] [[rugby union]] team [[ASM Clermont Auvergne|Clermont Auvergne]] from 2004 to 2013. He was also [[mayor]] of the [[Eygalières]] [[Communes of France|commune]] in [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] from 2008 until his death in 2019. He was made Chevalier ([[Knight]]) of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 2011. He was born in [[Saint-Martin-de-Crau]], Bouches-du-Rhône. Fontès died of a [[heart attack]] on 17 March 2019 in Eygalières. He was 77.<ref name=France3>{{Cite news|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/puy-de-dome/clermont-ferrand/asm-clermont-ancien-president-rene-fontes-est-decede-1640106.html|title=ASM Clermont : l’ancien président René Fontès est décédé|lang=fr|first1=Cyrille|last1=Genet|work=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|date=17 March 2019|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontes, Rene}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:French mayors]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Legion of Honour|Rene]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the Legion of Honour|Rene]] [[Category:Rugby union]] {{Bio-stub}}