Bernard Tapie, A 78-Year-Old French Businessman, Died Peacefully, According To His Family.
Written byTimes Magazine
Key Sentence:
- One of France's most famous figures, businessman, sports club owner, and politician Bernard Tapie has died at 78.
- The statement said that Tapie, who had battled stomach cancer for four years, has passed away peacefully with his family.
He once owned Adidas, Olympique Marseille, and was a minister under President Francois Mitterrand. He also had several legal problems and was imprisoned. Mr. wife, However, Dominic and his family announced his death "very sadly." He will be buried in Marseille, "the city of his heart."
President Emmanuel Macron was among many who paid tribute to him, saying his "ambition, energy and enthusiasm were a source of inspiration for the French generation".
An inscription with the inscription, Olympique de Marseille won the French championship five times during the presidency of But and won the 1993 UEFA Champions League.
Bernard Tapie grew up in a working-class suburb of Paris.
He began his career as a singer, then as a racer - before he discovered the talent to buy and sell failing companies, reports the Hugh Schofield in Paris.
He showed his wealth by buying Olympique de Marseille, who won the French championship as the owner of the French crown. However, he was accused of fixing the match, and the club lost the title and was then relegated to a lower league. He also bought a cycling team that won the Tour de France twice is a majority shareholder in Adidas's sporting goods brand and owns several newspapers.
In the 1990s, he became involved in politics, briefly serving as city minister and later being elected to Marseille's left-wing French and European parliament. She also found time to appear and even took on television roles.
He was jailed for gambling settlement and other charges related to corruption, tax fraud, and misappropriation of company assets. He and his wife were attacked in a violent burglary from their home earlier this year. Bernard Tapie always negotiated the ups and downs of his life with deceit, our correspondent notes, and he was a figure of admiration and endearment.
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