Bernard Tapie, French Businessman and Politician, Dies at 78
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- Former soccer club president a minister under Mitterrand
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Bernard Tapie, the businessman, European Cup-winning soccer club president, politician and actor who fought against France’s far right and became embroiled in lengthy legal battles, has died. He was 78.
Tapie died Sunday following a years-long fight with cancer, his family said in a statement to La Provence newspaper. He had earlier expressed his wish to be buried in Marseille.