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Yves Saint Laurent, left, and Mr. Bergé in a photograph from the documentary “L’Amour Fou.”
Alice Springs, via Sundance Selects; thumbnail, Guia Besana for The New York Times, 2015
Pierre Bergé
Died on September 8, 2017 at age 86
Mr. Bergé transformed the French fashion industry as the managerial genius behind Yves Saint Laurent and went on to have a tempestuous career as the czar of Paris opera.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.