Death of Pierre Bergé at the age of 86, former partner of Yves Saint Laurent – Gala

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Pierre Bergé, the former partner of Yves Saint Laurent, died on Friday, September 8, at the age of 86 years. Business man and philanthropist, he was also the co-founder of the association Sidaction.

He was a man of business jack-of-all, passionate, committed, a specialist in haute couture. Pierre Bergé died Friday, September 8, at the age of 86 years. Philanthropist, media baron, a grand officer of the legion of honor, he was also known for having been the companion of Yves Saint Laurent, with whom he created the fashion house Yves Saint Laurent. The two men met in 1958 and fell in love with while the stylist was working for Dior, before founding their own label. As a couple for fifty years, they are in a civil partnership before the death of Yves Saint Laurent in 2008, ” for symbolic reasons “. “It was decided that it had to be done, like that, by mutual agreement, “said at the time, Pierre Bergé in Paris Match. The businessman was married in 2017, Madison Cox, “the gardener of the billionaires“.

In 1994, Pierre Bergé participated in the creation of the association ” Together against Aids, which will become Sidaction. He became president of the association in 1996, and multiplies the gifts. In 2009, it will reverse to benefit the fight against AIDS, a portion of the gain related to the sale of the century “ – the auction of the vast art collection gathered by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, who reports 373,5 million euros. Pierre Bergé was in addition to medically assisted procreation and surrogacy. “We can’t make a distinction in the rights, that the LDCS, the GPA or the adoption, he said in 2012, the Figaro. Me, I am for all freedoms. Rent her womb to make a child or rent his arms to work in a factory, what’s the difference ? It is to make a distinction that is shocking “.

In 2016, the fortune of the businessman was estimated by the magazine Challenges to 180 million euros. It was associated in 2010 with Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse to become the majority shareholder of the group, The Life – World. This was not his first excursion into the world of the press : it was co-founded in 1990, International Mail, and the gay magazine Têtu, in 1995.

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