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Louvre museum removes Sackler name amid opioid controversy

Paris, France | AFP | Wednesday 7/18/2019 - 01:21 UTC+8   The Louvre museum in Paris has removed the name of the Sackler family from one of its wings, amid a controversy that has seen the billionaire donors accused of pushing a highly-addictive opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths.   An AFP reporter on Wednesday saw that masking tape had been put in place to hide the Sackler name on plaques in the rooms of what had been the Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities, which houses artefacts from the ancient Near East.   A museum spokesperson could not say when the tape had been put in place. The wing had been given the name due to a $3.6 million donatio...

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