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- ↑ Death record from the INSEE database
- ↑ Maternal lineage sourced from À la découverte de leurs racines, Volume I, chapter "Maurice Pujo," by Joseph Valynseele and Denis Grando, L'Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et Curieux, 1988.
- ↑ Michel Fromentoux, "Pierre Pujo n'est plus," L'Action française 2000 [ volume & issue needed ], November 15, 2007.
- ↑ Obituary of Pierre Pujo, in Lectures françaises [ volume & issue needed ], December 2007.
- ↑ The pseudonym "Jacques Cépoy" was inspired by the town of Cepoy, located near Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (Loiret), where Maurice Pujo was born and where Pierre Pujo stayed periodically.
- ↑ Portrait of Pierre Pujo on the L'Intern@ute portal
- ↑ "Death of a historical leader of Action française", Nouvel Observateur , November 10, 2007.
- ↑ "Votez… sans illusions!", L'Action française 2000[ volume & issue needed ], April 19, 2007.
- ↑ "Le dernier des ralliés," L'Action française 2000[ volume & issue needed ], October 5, 2006.
