Businessman Jean-Yves Le Fur, invested in the world of media, died of ” disease “ at the age of 59, Sunday March 31 morning, at the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, informed the entourage of his ex-wife, the actress and director Maïwenn.
“Jean-Yves Le Fur, the love of my life, the father of my son Diego, the father-in-law of my daughter Shanna, left on Sunday morning in my arms and those of our son (…) We are all devastated”Maïwenn had posted a little earlier on Instagram.
Jean-Yves Le Fur successfully launched two magazines at the end of the 1990s, the feminine DS And Number. With the writer Frédéric Beigbeder, he re-released the magazine in 2013 Himlegendary men’s publication from the 1970s.
Director of a modeling agency
The businessman had also been director of a modeling agency and producer of shows on top models, including Claudia Schiffer for TF1 in 1995.
Well known in the world of fashion and celebrities, Jean-Yves Le Fur sometimes appeared in the news himself: he was briefly engaged to Stéphanie of Monaco in April 1990.