![FILE PICTURE: 3rd October 2021. Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, has died at 78.File photo dated October 9, FILE PICTURE: 3rd October 2021. Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, has died at 78.File photo dated October 9,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWBCFH/file-picture-3rd-october-2021-former-french-minister-and-scandal-ridden-tycoon-bernard-tapie-the-former-owner-of-adidas-and-former-olympique-de-marseille-chairman-has-died-at-78file-photo-dated-october-9-2018-bernard-tapie-attending-altice-campus-opening-in-paris-on-october-09-2018-photo-by-jerome-domineabacapresscom-credit-abaca-pressalamy-live-news-2GWBCFH.jpg)
FILE PICTURE: 3rd October 2021. Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, has died at 78.File photo dated October 9,
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Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The Sun
Affaire Adidas/Crédit lyonnais: Bernard Tapie combatif au premier jour de son procès pour «escroquerie»
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