Curiosidades

Son and heir of Willy Sachs, proprietor of Fichtel & Sachs motor works, he is one of the 100 richest men in Germany.

A former bobsleigh champion, he has been an exhibited photographer for 40 years and is now an enthusiast for astrology, author of "Akte Astrologie".

The German media consider him the country's last real "playboy".

Rolf Sachs is the son of his first marriage, to Anne-Marie Faure, who died during an operation in 1958. He has two sons, Christian Gunnar Sachs and Claus Alexander, from his third marriage, to model Mirja Sachs.

President of the Modern Art Museum in Munich from 1965 to 1972. Good friends with Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí.

Helped arrange the funeral of Porfirio Rubirosa. His relationship with Rubirosa's widow Odile Rodin ended when he married Brigitte Bardot.

In a statement released by his family at his request, Sachs said he chose to end his life after concluding that he was suffering from an incurable degenerative disease affecting his memory and ability to communicate. (8 de maio de 2011)

His 2008 photo exhibition "Die Kunst ist weiblich..." (Art is Female) in Leipzig attracted more than 65,000 visitors and had to be extended.

Michelangelo Antonioni copied his outfit of white trousers and blue shirts for Blow-Up - Depois Daquele Beijo (1966), but it was more cruelly alluded to in an earlier film, O Sol por Testemunha (1960), adapted from Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley.

Ex-brother-in-law of Mijanou Bardot.