The Gstaad-Saanenland Golf Club mourns the sudden passing of its beloved manager, Adrian Ruch, who died unexpectedly of heart failure on September 26, 2024, at the age of 56.
“My father was Greek, my mother French; my grandfather was Danish, my grandmother Russian, and my other grandmother half-Spanish. Each of them was a member of the royal family of his or her respective country.” In Vanity Fair magazine, 2003
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF NAPLES VITTORIO EMANUELE DI SAVOIA
Bill Lovell, who has died aged 77, dedicated over 40 years of his life to excellence in education. A respected, much-loved and inspirational educator, Bill touched the lives of thousands of children.
Mexico City, 29 December 2021
My mother often speaks of how my grandmother Despina was unable to paint a monkey blue. Despina would say monkeys are brown so why would I paint them blue?!
My parents, Silvia and Ernst Scherz-Bezzola, had been the directors of the Gstaad Palace for about a year. My mother always gave birth to her children a little too early, so this time they left timely for Bern.
It is just over a year since the Comte Edouard Decazes, Eddy to his very wide circle of friends, left us. Had he lived another few months he would have reached his 100th birthday, and, every bit as important, the 70th anniversary of his marriage.