![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 June 3, 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 June 3,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWBCFJ/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-june-3-2014-no-web-no-tabloids-exclusive-bernard-tapie-at-the-matinale-rtl-political-talk-show-in-paris-france-on-june-3-2014-photo-by-frederic-bukajloabacapresscom-credit-abaca-pressalamy-live-news-2GWBCFJ.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 June 3,
![Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The US Sun Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The US Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NINTCHDBPICT000684212748.jpg)
Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The US Sun
![Bernard Tapie: Former French minister and Adidas tycoon tied up and beaten in violent burglary | The Independent Bernard Tapie: Former French minister and Adidas tycoon tied up and beaten in violent burglary | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/04/04/18/AFP_97C4VC-1.jpg)
Bernard Tapie: Former French minister and Adidas tycoon tied up and beaten in violent burglary | The Independent
Total Task Control Group - PICTURED: Horrific injuries inflicted on French Adidas billionaire Bernard Tapie, 78, and his wife, 70, by burglars who broke into their luxury estate near Paris #TotalTaskControlGroup #TTC #
![File photo undated of Bernard Tapie. - Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, died at 78. Photo by Pascal File photo undated of Bernard Tapie. - Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, died at 78. Photo by Pascal](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWCMFR/file-photo-undated-of-bernard-tapie-former-french-minister-and-scandal-ridden-tycoon-bernard-tapie-the-former-owner-of-adidas-and-former-olympique-de-marseille-chairman-died-at-78-photo-by-pascal-barilabacapresscom-2GWCMFR.jpg)
File photo undated of Bernard Tapie. - Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, and former Olympique de Marseille chairman, died at 78. Photo by Pascal
![Bernard Tapie : en Alsace, il est surtout resté dans les mémoires pour avoir vendu Adidas, le fleuron de Landersheim Bernard Tapie : en Alsace, il est surtout resté dans les mémoires pour avoir vendu Adidas, le fleuron de Landersheim](https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/image/iReyMVbjnpFbroorW1wM2CMmMCY/1200x1200/regions/2021/10/03/6159dc435978e_dpaphotosfive362358-5476843.jpg)
Bernard Tapie : en Alsace, il est surtout resté dans les mémoires pour avoir vendu Adidas, le fleuron de Landersheim
![Bernard Tapie: Kylian Mbappe leads tributes to former Marseille and Adidas owner after death aged 78 | Daily Mail Online Bernard Tapie: Kylian Mbappe leads tributes to former Marseille and Adidas owner after death aged 78 | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/03/11/48702613-10054183-image-a-13_1633256872042.jpg)
Bernard Tapie: Kylian Mbappe leads tributes to former Marseille and Adidas owner after death aged 78 | Daily Mail Online
![Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The US Sun Bernard Tapie dead - Adidas tycoon and multibillionaire dies aged 78 from stomach cancer as he faced fraud trial | The US Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NINTCHDBPICT000684211934.jpg)