What is Pierre Bergé?
{{ infobox person | name = Pierre Bergé | image = Pierre Bergé - septembre 2012 (2).jpg | caption = Bergé in 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date |1930|11|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Oléron]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|8|1930|11|14|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Saint-Rémy-de-Provence]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], France | nationality = French | partner = [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]] | occupation = Businessman }} '''Pierre Bergé''' ({{IPA-fr|pjɛːʁ bɛʁʒe}}; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and [[Patronage|patron]]. He was the co-founder of [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent Couture House]] and onetime life [[Partnership|partner]] and longtime business partner of the late fashion designer [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]]. Bergé was recognized with the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]], [[Ordre national du Mérite|Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite]], [[Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres]], and [[Légion d'honneur|Legion of Honor]]. Bergé died of [[myopathy]] on 8 September 2017, in [[Saint-Rémy-de-Provence]], at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jonathan Kandell|title=Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive and Opera Czar, Dies at 86|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City| date=8 September 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/style/pierre-berge-yves-saint-laurent-dead.html}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berge, Pierre}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:French businesspeople]] [[Category:French LGBT people]] [[Category:French LGBT rights activists]]