Madame Claude, keeper of Paris brothel for the rich and famous, dies aged 92 (Guardian)

 

France’s most famous brothel keeper, whose clientele included ministers, diplomats and business leaders in the 1960s and 70s, has died aged 92.

In her heyday, Fernande Grudet, who was known by her alias Madame Claude, had a network of more than 500 young women and a handful of young men, as well as an address book that, she claimed, included John F Kennedy, the Shah of Iran and Fiat boss Giovanni Agnelli.