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{{Short description|French entrepreneur and author (1951–2023)}}
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| birth_place        = [[Tunis]], [[French Tunisia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rts.ch/dossiers/2012/de-chair-et-d-ame/4437103-biographie-philippe-pozzo-di-borgo.html | title=Biographie Philippe Pozzo di Borgo | date=16 November 2012 }}</ref>
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| death_place        = [[Marrakesh]], Morocco
| citizenship        = French
| occupation         = Owner of [[Pommery]]
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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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The noble family dates back to the 1500s.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 & Chandon|Moët and Chandon]].<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref>
In July 2012, he was appointed a [[Knight of the Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Pozzo di Borgo died on 1 June 2023, at the age of 72.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==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''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Their story was also adapted in the biographical movies ''[[The Intouchables]]'' (2011),<ref>{{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 Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> and the Indian, Argentine, and American re-makes, respectively,  ''[[Oopiri]]'' (2016), (Spanish article) ''[[:es:Inseparables (película de 2016)|Inseparables]]'' (2016),<ref>{{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}}</ref>  and ''[[The Upside]]'' (2017).<ref>{{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}}</ref> These movies were based on his 2001 memoir, ''A Second Wind''.<ref name=":1" />
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[[Category:People with tetraplegia]]
[[Category:Vogüé family]]
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