Philippe Pozzo di Borgo
{{Short description|French entrepreneur and author (1951–2023)}}
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Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (14 February 1951 – 1 June 2023) was a French businessman who was the director of Pommery and the owner of the inherited historic hôtel particulier in Paris.
Biography
Philippe was the second son of the French duke Pozzo di Borgo and the Marquise de Vogue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/film/upside-true-story-quadriplegic-ex-13829192|title=The Upside true story; a quadriplegic, ex-con and their life changing friendship|last=Rowney|first=Jo-Anne|date=8 January 2019|website=mirror|access-date=5 June 2019}} The noble family dates back to the 1500s.{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/upside-movie-vs-true-story/|title=The Upside: The Movie vs. The True Story|last=Chiodaroli|first=David|date=28 March 2019|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=5 June 2019}} After completing his education, he began working in the champagne industry. Prior to his job as director of Pommery, Philippe was a manager at Moët and Chandon.
Philippe di Borgo became a quadriplegic in 1993 following a paragliding accident. Because of his disability, he attempted to commit suicide by wrapping an oxygen tube around his neck.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/upside-movie-true-story-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart-1287456|title=Here's the true story behind 'The Upside,' based on a French memoir|last=Whalen|first=Andrew|date=10 January 2019|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=5 June 2019}}
In July 2012, he was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour.{{cite web |title=Decree of 13 July 2012 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000026178733 |website=Légifrance |access-date=6 June 2023 |date=13 July 2012}}
Pozzo di Borgo died on 1 June 2023, at the age of 72.{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/06/02/philippe-pozzo-di-borgo-l-homme-qui-a-inspire-le-film-intouchables-est-mort_6175953_3382.html | title=Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, l'homme qui a inspiré le film « Intouchables », est mort | newspaper=Le Monde.fr | date=2 June 2023 }}
In popular culture
The story of Philippe and his Algerian attendant, Abdel Sellou, was told in a 2003 documentary, A la vie, à la mort.{{cite web | title= A la vie, à la mort | url= http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programs/2003/a-la-vie-a-la-mort-7201.htm | work= Aspects of French Production | publisher= Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels | accessdate= 21 October 2012 | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120708035456/http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programs/2003/a-la-vie-a-la-mort-7201.htm | archivedate= 8 July 2012 | df= dmy-all }} Their story was also adapted in the biographical movies The Intouchables (2011),{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9509665/Untouchable-the-true-story-that-inspired-a-box-office-hit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906060413/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9509665/Untouchable-the-true-story-that-inspired-a-box-office-hit.html |archive-date=6 September 2012 |title=The true story that inspired a box office hit |work=Archived from The Telegraph}} and the Indian, Argentine, and American re-makes, respectively, Oopiri (transl. Breath) in Telugu (2016),{{Cite web |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=25 March 2016 |title=Oopiri: Celebration of life, indeed |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/oopiri-celebration-of-life-indeed/article8396557.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805152145/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/oopiri-celebration-of-life-indeed/article8396557.ece |archive-date=5 August 2016 |access-date=5 August 2016 |website=The Hindu}} Thozha (transl. Friend) in Tamil, Inseparables (2016),{{cite news|last=Meunier|first=Emilie|date=6 September 2017|url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/remake-am%C3%A9ricain-intouchables-eric-toledano-olivier-nakache-vu-160104566.html|title=Remake américain d'Intouchables : Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache ont vu les premières images... et ils ont été étonnés ! (VIDÉO) |trans-title=American remake of Intouchables: Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache saw the first images... and they were amazed! (VIDEO) |work=Télé-Loisirs.fr|language=fr|publisher=Yahoo|accessdate=4 January 2017}} and The Upside (2017).{{cite web |url=https://uk.blastingnews.com/entertainment/2018/10/kevin-hart-and-bryan-cranston-star-in-the-comedy-the-upside-002739527.html |title=Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in The Upside |work=uk.blastingnews.com |date=October 2018}} These movies were based on his 2001 memoir, A Second Wind.
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