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Last modified on Thu 11 Feb 2021 15.15 EST The life of Naim Attallah, who has died aged 89, might have come from the pages of Balzac: he went from currency dealer to company director, racehorse-owner, film and theatre impresario, publisher, magazine proprietor, parfumier, chocolate-maker and – perhaps most importantly and controversially – author. In the early 1970s, he fell in with John Asprey, heir to the luxury goods group, and under his patronage became joint managing director and event...