Cet homme d’affaires est parvenu à s’immiscer dans les coulisses du pouvoir, de l’Afrique à la Maison Blanche. Il est mort, samedi, dans un hôpital de New York des suites d’une mauvaise chute, trois jours avant son 96ᵉ anniversaire.

A private and politically connected gem merchant, he was thrust into the public spotlight when his personal relationship with the former first lady became known in the late 1980s.

Ricchissimo mercante di gioielli, rimase accanto a Jakie fino alla morte. Per i suoi legami con vari autocrati africani divenne una sorta di intermediario segr…