On this day
08
September

Siegfried Sassoon, Pierre Bergé

Born: Siegfried Sassoon (1886)
Died: Pierre Bergé (2017)

Born on this day

08SepBorn 1886140th birthday

Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon’s experience of combat became poetry and public protest, while his papers reveal the relationships behind a carefully managed public life.

Died on this day

08SepDied 20179th anniversary of death

Pierre Bergé

Pierre Bergé built the business behind Yves Saint Laurent and became a prominent patron and campaigner against AIDS.