The statement from President Nicolas Sarkozy's office did not say how, when or where the Zambian leader had died.
Mwanawasa had been hospitalized in France since suffering a stroke in June. Zambian state media said earlier Tuesday that his condition had suddenly taken a turn for the worse.
Mwanawasa won praise for his anti-corruption and economic modernization drive in one of the world's biggest copper producers but failed to lift the Zambian people out of crushing poverty.
Sarkozy called his death ``a great loss for the African continent'' and for democracy.
Meadowlands Stadium Construction Update - 7/6/2009 They're still working on the new home of the Giants and Jets football teams. Check out these photographs of taken over the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880.
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