Dinoire, who had the transplant surgery in 2005, died on April 22 in 2015, but it was only revealed on Tuesday, EFE news reported.
The woman died following a long illness, said the hospital in a statement, confirming the news revealed by newspaper Le Figaro.
The hospital added that it did not report the news before to preserve the privacy of the family.
Dinoire suffered last winter a new episode of rejection of the transplanted area and lost the use of a part of her lips, the paper said in its online edition.
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