French Collector Berri dies
Claude Berri, who was a noted director, photographer, producer, screenwriter and actor, died last month in Paris. He was 74. French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Berri "the great ambassador of French cinema" to the world. The cause was a stroke. His company, Renn Productions, made dozens of films. In the late 1980s Berri sold half the company--then worth about $50 million--to support a new hobby, collecting contemporary art, including photography. His collection eventually became one of the most important in France, although he sold much of his photography collection four years ago at auction in Paris.
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