Puppet ruler of Vietnam dies in exile From: The Independent - London | Date: August 2, 1997 | Copyright 1997 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Paris (Reuter) - Vietnam's last Emperor Bao Dai, a symbolic ruler and puppet of the French colonial regime, has died in a military hospital in Paris after spending four decades in exile in France, officials said yesterday. He was 83.

At first seen as a likely pioneer for Vietnamese independence from the French, Bao Dai indulged instead in the life of a jet-setter and become known as the Playboy Emperor.

Born Nguyen Vinh Thuy in 1913, he reached the throne in 1926, taking the titl...

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