Coco Chanel had sold her couture brand in 1954 to Pierre Wertheimer, one of the surviving partners in her perfume business, so the ownership of Chanel remained unchanged when she died on January 10, 1971. The sale was part of a deal she had made with Wertheimer to receive financial backing for her return to the fashion business after the events of World War II.
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