Original sentence: Claude Bez (November 4, 1940 – January 26, 1999), former Bordeaux soccer team chairman, was an iconic personality in French football culture of the 1980s.Claude Bez was born in Saint-Augustin, Bordeaux.He chaired Bordeaux for 12 years, leading the club to three French championship titles (1984, 1985 and 1987), two French Cups against Marseille in 1986 (2-1 after extra time) and in 1987 (2-0), and an uninterrupted run of participation in the European Cup from 1982 to 1989.He failed to achieve his dream of seeing Bordeaux become the first French club to win a European Cup; the team narrowly failed in the semi-finals in 1985 and 1987.He resigned in 1990-91 after being charged with fraud and died of a heart attack in 1999.His father, Gaston, ran a small accounting firm that was growing quickly with branches in French overseas departments.His mother died when he was young.In 1988, he became superintendent of the French national team, a position created especially for him, and hired Michel Platini as coach to rebuild French football.In his youth he played football for Coqs Rouges
Edited sentence: Claude Bez (1940–1999), former Bordeaux soccer team chairman, was an iconic personality in French football culture of 1980s.Claude Bez was born November 4, 1940 in Saint-Augustin, Bordeaux.Claude Bez, who resigned in 1990-91 after being charged with fraud, died of a heart attack in 1999.He chaired Bordeaux during 12 years, leading the club to three French championship titles (1984, 1985 and 1987), two French Cups against Marseille in 1986 (2-1 after extra time) and in 1987 (2-0) and an uninterrupted participation in the European Cups from 1982 to 1989.He failed to achieve his dream of seeing Bordeaux becoming the first French club to win a European Cup, narrowly failing in semi-finals in 1985 and 1987.He lost his mother when he was young.His father, Gaston, was running a small accounting firm that was growing quickly with ramifications in French overseas departments.In 1988, he imposed himself as superintendent of the French national team, a position made especially for him, and hired Platini as coach to rebuild French football.In his youth he had played football for Coqs Rouges