GENEVA – German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, best known for his playboy lifestyle and brief marriage to Brigitte Bardot, has committed suicide. He was 78.
His family announced the death Sunday from their home in the exclusive Swiss Alpine resort of Gstaad. It was not immediately clear when he died.
Sachs was born into a wealthy industrialist family in 1932 and used his inheritance to fund a glamorous lifestyle that fascinated many in post-war Germany. He also made a name for himself as a photographer and documentary filmmaker.
German tabloids reported extensively on his affairs with film stars and friendships with artists such as Andy Warhol.
Sachs is survived by Bardot, to whom he was married from 1966-1969, his third wife Mirja Larsson and their sons Christian and Alexander, and son Rolf from his first marriage.
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