After four years of combat, Bernard Tapie lost the battle against cancer, Sunday October 3, 2021. In an official press release relayed by the newspaper La Provence, Dominique Tapie and his children announced the disappearance of the businessman at 78 years.
Bernard Tapie died, Sunday, October 3 at 8:40 a.m., of his double cancer of the esophagus and the stomach, as reported in an official press release written by his family. Announced in September 2017, the disease then spread to the lungs, then to the kidneys and the brain. His wife, his brother, his children and his grandchildren were present at his bedside at the time of the great departure. The former owner of Adidas and Olympique de Marseille had expressed his wish to be buried in Marseille, the Marseille capital so dear to his heart.