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Cognac patriarch dies
Kilian Hennessy, head of the eponymous Cognac distillery, has died aged 103.
Hennessy died at his home in Switzerland on Sunday, 3 October. He was the fifth generation of the Hennessy family which founded the house in 1765.
While CEO he was responsible for bringing the brand into a merger with Champagne house Moët & Chandon, creating Moët-Hennessy in 1971.
Hennessy remained an advisory member of the board at LVMH until his death.
Rupert Millar, 06.10.2010