Businessman Jean-Yves Le Fur, involved in the world of media, died of “illness” at the age of 59 on Sunday morning in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was briefly engaged to Stéphanie de Monaco in April 1990.

The businessman had also been director of a modeling agency and producer of shows on top models, including Claudia Schiffer for TF1 in 1995. He successfully launched two magazines at the end of the 90s, the feminine DS and Numéro.