Beppe Piroddi died at 82 after a short illness. Born in Genoa, where he had returned in the last years of his life, he was a regular on the Costa Smeralda and Saint Tropez.

Lord of the jet set, defined by some as "the last playboy" and a true icon of the 60s and 70s.

But he didn't like the term playboy, we read in his biography, he preferred “ amateur ”: “I lived as an amateur, you don't have to confuse me with a playboy or an amateur. From women to business, the amateur always acts out of love , he follows his instinct without ever repenting, capable of screwing everything up for a wrong detail ".

Son of the doctor inventor of the Mediterranean diet, he becomes a great friend of the actor, also a playboy, Gigi Rizzi, has reached the top of the jet set. He met or attended Brigitte Bardot, Aristotle Onassis, Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando, Claudia Schiffer, Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia .

Three “official” girlfriends: Odile Rodin, Jacqueline Bisset and Kirsten Gille, one actress, the other two model and daughter of an ambassador.

He has given birth to discos and restaurants that have become real temples of entertainment: Number One in Milan, Caffè Roma in Milan and New York, frequented by Andy Warhol among others.

In the last years of his life he returned to Genoa.

(Unioneonline / L)

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