He fought to the end. Bernard Tapie, who was fighting against stomach cancer, died this Sunday, October 3 at the age of 78. The one who was jumbled up a businessman, OM boss, actor, newspaper editor… had recently asked to “choose his death” after several years of fighting against the disease. In the end, he could not win “the match of his life”, this battle against cancer that he recognized from a journalist from the Point not being “sure to win”.
The one who has tried almost all trades, or in any case a good ten had known many trouble with the law, in particular on the OM-VA affair, and the Crédit Lyonnais arbitration. These last outings had also been for the court in recent months.
In an interview with Franz-Olivier Giesbert published by Vanity Fair in June 2018, “Nanard” gave a grandiose lesson in life: “When we think,” he says, “that we are the survivors of the millions of sperm that our fathers gave to our mothers! We had the incredible chance to know life and we should be afraid that it will stop? What is it stupid! Let’s all make our life as long and beautiful as possible, but please don’t get caught up in the death that was foreseen on the day we were born, meeerde! “