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French tycoon Bernard Tapie dies aged 78
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photograph taken on May 26, 2013, former president of Olympique de Marseille (OM) Bernard Tapie looks on before the start of the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and Reims (SR) and the festivities marking the anniversary of OM's 1993 UEFA Champions League title at The Velodrome Stadium in Marseille, southern France. - French businessman Bernard Tapie passed away at the age of 78, his family announced on October 3, 2021. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP)
Bernard Tapie, the French business magnate, actor and politician whose swashbuckling career earned him millions of fans despite a series of legal convictions, died aged 78 on Sunday after a four-year fight with stomach cancer.
