![Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2021/10/03/TELEMMGLPICT000273390333_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqVLa3QPVTMHf7Wtw837j9bZgojZYlP8f0i9h2tPqCNsM.jpeg?imwidth=680)
Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary
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Bernard Tapie: Kylian Mbappe leads tributes to former Marseille and Adidas owner after death aged 78 | Daily Mail Online
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Bernard Tapie: Former Marseille president who led club to glory and disgrace dies aged 78 | World News | Sky News
![Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2021/10/03/TELEMMGLPICT000273387601_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg)
Bernard Tapie, businessman who brought success to the Olympique Marseille football team but whose career was dogged by scandal – obituary
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Olympique de Marseille 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "Olympique de Marseille learned with deep sadness of the passing of Bernard Tapie. He will leave a great void in the hearts of the Marseillais
![The former head of the French football club Olympique Marseille, Bernard Tapie, is dead. He died at the age of 78. Archive photo; Soccer European Cup on 05/26/1993 in Muenchen, Olympique Marseille - The former head of the French football club Olympique Marseille, Bernard Tapie, is dead. He died at the age of 78. Archive photo; Soccer European Cup on 05/26/1993 in Muenchen, Olympique Marseille -](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWB77C/the-former-head-of-the-french-football-club-olympique-marseille-bernard-tapie-is-dead-he-died-at-the-age-of-78-archive-photo-soccer-european-cup-on-05261993-in-muenchen-olympique-marseille-ac-milan-1-0-marseille-president-bernard-tapie-with-the-cup-jubilation-victory-celebration-05261993-2GWB77C.jpg)