Gunter Sachs
| Gunter Sachs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 November 1932 Schloss Mainberg (near Schweinfurt), Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 7 May 2011 (aged 78) Gstaad, Switzerland |
| Nationality |
German (1932–2011) Swiss (1976–2011) |
| Occupation | Author, photographer, industrialist |
| Spouse(s) |
Annemarie Faure (m. 1956–58) Brigitte Bardot (m. 1966–69) Mirja Larsson (m. 1969–2011) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Relatives | Wilhelm von Opel (grandfather) |
Fritz Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011) was a German photographer, author, industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researched claims of astrology. As a young man he became a sportsman, then gained international fame as a documentary film-maker and documentary photographer. He was interested in astrology and its connection with mathematics and statistics.
Sachs was born in southern Germany. His mother was Eleanor, the daughter of Wilhelm von Opel; his father was Willy Sachs, sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of ball bearings and one of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers. Willy was known to Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler and arrested by the American military after the war but finally declared a follower and released. Gunter Sachs commented on his father's past in several publications. Willy committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself. Sachs' brother, Ernst Wilhelm, died in an avalanche in 1977.
Sachs studied maths and economics.
A playboy in his early years, Sachs was romantically linked to the former Iranian queen Soraya Esfandiary. He married three times. His first wife, Anne-Marie Faure, died in 1958 during surgery. He courted his second wife, Brigitte Bardot, by flying over her villa on the French Riviera in a helicopter and dropping hundreds of roses. The couple were married on 14 July 1966 in Las Vegas; they divorced in 1969. His final marriage was to Swedish former model, Mirja Larsson, (who was 26 at the time of their engagement) which lasted from 1969 until his death. He had a son Rolf Sachs (born 1955), with his first wife, and a further two sons (Christian Gunnar and Claus Alexander) with his third wife.
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