![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 March 26, 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 March 26,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWBCFY/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-march-26-2019-french-businessman-bernard-tapie-at-the-courthouse-palais-de-justice-in-paris-france-on-march-26-2019-photo-by-abacapresscom-credit-abaca-pressalamy-live-news-2GWBCFY.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 March 26,
![French businessman Bernard Tapie (L), former owner of Adidas and President of the French Parliamentary finance committee Didier Migaud attend a financial commission hearing at the National Assembly in Paris September 10, French businessman Bernard Tapie (L), former owner of Adidas and President of the French Parliamentary finance committee Didier Migaud attend a financial commission hearing at the National Assembly in Paris September 10,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D16NXD/french-businessman-bernard-tapie-l-former-owner-of-adidas-and-president-of-the-french-parliamentary-finance-committee-didier-migaud-attend-a-financial-commission-hearing-at-the-national-assembly-in-paris-september-10-2008-reutersbenoit-tessier-france-2D16NXD.jpg)
French businessman Bernard Tapie (L), former owner of Adidas and President of the French Parliamentary finance committee Didier Migaud attend a financial commission hearing at the National Assembly in Paris September 10,
![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 7, 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 7,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GWBCGG/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-7-2013-bernard-tapie-and-his-son-laurent-tapie-pose-at-52-street-des-saints-peres-in-paris-france-on-july-6-2013-photo-by-renaud-khanhabacapresscom-credit-abaca-pressalamy-live-news-2GWBCGG.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 7,
![Bernard Tapie: Disgraced tycoon says French state defrauded him of €1bn | The Independent | The Independent Bernard Tapie: Disgraced tycoon says French state defrauded him of €1bn | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/07/10/18/Bernard-Tapie-Getty-2.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)