{"id":8631,"date":"2017-09-08T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=8631"},"modified":"2017-09-12T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:55:56","slug":"pierre-berge-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/08\/pierre-berge-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Berg\u00e9 Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Architectural Digest<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Remembering Pierre Berg\u00e9<\/h1>\n

The multitalented creative died today at age 86<\/h2>\n

BY\u00a0<\/span>MITCHELL OWENS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Pierre Berg\u00e9 at his retreat in Normandy. \/\u00a0<\/a>Photo: Pascal Chevalier<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pierre Berg\u00e9 had no nickname that I know of, but the pugnacious industrialist\u2014a cofounder and longtime pilot, professional and personal, of fashion god Yves Saint Laurent\u2014could have been dubbed Il Magnifico.<\/p>\n

Few people juggled so much so well (give or a take a few upsets) as Berg\u00e9, who died today, age 86, at his home in Provence. He was a magazine publisher and a restaurateur (I can’t resist his Caviar Prunier outlets). A dynamo since his adventuresome youth\u2014when he was the lover and successful promoter of French artist Bernard Buffet before defecting to Saint Laurent in a coup-de-foudre passion\u2014he founded museums, ran opera houses, chaired foundations, and agitated French politics as an unrepentant Socialist with about as much tact as a hand grenade. He was a literary lion, had his own publishing company, and launched an auction house. He was a pioneering force in AIDS research and treatment in France, and a major figure in combating racism and discrimination. In short, Berg\u00e9 was a whirlwind, a magician, a man who built mountains as easily as he moved or demolished them.<\/p>\n

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