FILE PHOTO: French businesman and European election candidate Bernard Tapie delivers his speech at a campaign meeting, June 9, 1994. Tapie leads the Radical list "Energie Radicale". REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - Bernard Tapie's rags-to-riches life story of a failed pop singer-turned-tycoon who dabbed into politics, bought a top soccer club and did a stint in jail transfixed France for decades.
He died on Sunday aged 78, having suffered from stomach cancer in the final years of his life.
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