Jacki Clérico, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJacki Clérico
Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1929
Date of Death: 13-Jan-2013
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Jacki Clérico
- Jacki Clérico (March 18, 1929 – January 13, 2013) was a French businessman who owned the Moulin Rouge cabaret of Paris from 1962 until his death in 2013.
- Clérico is credited with reviving the popularity of the Moulin Rouge over the course of fifty years. Clérico was born in Paris, France, on March 18, 1929.
- In 1928, his father, Joseph Clérico, a glassmaker, had moved to Paris from the Piedmont region with his brother, Louis Clérico.
- The brothers had opened a Parisian glass shop.
- Joseph and Louis made much of their family's fortune during the German occupation of Paris during World War II, when there was a shortage of glassmakers in the city.
- The Cléricos were hired to make glass for cities throughout France and Germany which had suffered bombing damage.
- They had both acquired considerable wealth through their repairs by the end of the war.The brothers purchased the Le Lido cabaret on the Champs-Élysées in 1946.
- In 1955, Joseph and Louis purchased the Moulin Rouge.
- They upgraded the kitchens and marketed the venue as a tourist destination.
- Still, the Moulin Rouge continued to suffer from financial distress by the early 1960s.Jacki Clérico took over the Moulin Rouge in 1962 from his father, Joseph.
- Clérico built a new aquarium for performances, expanded the auditorium, and introduced professional theater backdrops and scenery.
- His first revue, "Frou-Frou," opened to sold out audiences in 1963.
- From that point on, Jacki Clérico only opened revues beginning with the letter "F" in keeping with a superstition that the letter brought luck beginning with "Frou-Frou".
- His other revues, included Frisson (1965), Fascination (1967), Fantastic (1970), Festival (1973), Follement (1976), Frénésie (1979), Femmes, Femmes, Femmes...
- (1983), followed this tradition.
- The music of these revues was composed by Henri Betti. In 1989, Clerico opened "Formidable" to mark the 100th anniversary of the Moulin Rouge.
- Guests included Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.The Moulin Rouge began to lose popularity again during the 1990s.
- Clérico continued to produce the Moulin Rouge's trademark revues, but the cabaret nearly went bankrupt in 1997.
- The last show that Clérico produced was "Féerie" in 1999, which featured one hundred dancers.
- The release of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! in 2001, which starred Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, and Jim Broadbent, revived the club's popularity.
- The Moulin Rouge is now marketed as a family-oriented destination.Jacki Clérico turned over the day-to-day operations of the Moulin Rouge to his son, Jean-Jacques Clérico, during his later years.
- He served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Moulin Rouge until shortly before his death.
- Clérico died on January 13, 2013, at the age of 83.
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