Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fran?oise is feminine, his real name is Fran?ois ;-) I posted about him a while ago - he has since turned down most of the legacy,and been excluded from the will - the mother and heiress have reconciled and the law suits have been dropped. But he can keep the R8 and a few million euros worth of paintings notably, already donated to him, ca ?250 million if I'm not mistaken, and has lost his juicy contract with L'Oreal. The only real casualties are the former finance secretary who is now accused of corruption ... investigations pending, and the French president who lost an extra couple of support percentage points as a consequence. Ph Le 27 d?c. 10 ? 19:11, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > > She would have gotten him an R9 but it seemed like a little too much > money > for what you get with it. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:51:20 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] The richest artist/photographer? >> >> Hi All- There is a piece in Vanity Fair december 2010 magazine about >> the octogenarian heir to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune (Liliane >> Bettencourt , age 84) - and her boyfriend artist/photographer >> Francoise-Marie- Banier, age 64. The article says she conferred onto >> him gifts totaling $1.34 BILLION. There is a full page picture of him >> holding his R8 - interrupted while aiming to take a happy snap. I >> thought R Leicas were out and M9s were in. >> I've been reading the LUG where a lot of members are lusting for an >> S2 >> system. Could we get him to join the LUG and buy everyone an S2 so >> our >> photography would improve? Happy dreaming! Stasys >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >