“When I think about him now, I think of his smile and his laughter and the way he walked and the way he talked,” she says. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage) Italian actress Sophia Loren, November 1964 (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). } var c = {}; Tiegs hosted a 13-part travel adventure series, Pathfinders: Exotic Journeys for the Travel Channel, appeared as a judge on the ABC reality show True Beauty, and was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. try { Sofia Scicolone)- Portrait (Photo by du Vinage/ullstein bild via Getty Images), ROME, ITALIE - 17 JANVIER: L'actrice Sophia Loren invit� d'honneur d'un d�il�de haute couture, �Rome, Italie, le 17 janvier 1963. REUTERS/ Stefano Rellandini, NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 19: Actress Sophia Loren attends the 2015 National Arts Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 19, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage), PARIS, FRANCE - UNDATED: (FILE PHOTO) Wife of Italian film producer Carlo Ponti (1912 - 2007), Italian actress Sophia Loren, is seen in this photo taken between 1978 and 1982 in Paris, France. Tiegs was credited with helping the retail chain's 1980s turnaround, and once again appeared on the cover of TIME, this time for a cover story titled "Sassy Sears. ), “Nej never really liked anyone who was close to Peter from the old days,” said Dozortsev. 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The first retail venture by a supermodel, the Cheryl Tiegs collection neared $1 billion in sales by 1989. Beard tore through two marriages — to socialite Minnie Cushing in the 1960s, and then Tiegs, with whom he became a fixture at Studio 54. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images) Portrait of American model and actress Cheryl Tiegs and her husband, film director Stan Dragoti, both barefoot ans dressed in shorts and sweaters, as they sit at sunset on the ground outdoors at La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California, October 1976. (Photo by Mario De Biasi/Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images), Italian actress Sophia Loren as Catherine Hubscher wearing a hooded cloak on the set of the film 'Madame (Madame Sans-Gene)' (directed by Christian-Jaque), 1961. The night after they wed, he didn't come home until dawn. It was on April 19 that Beard, 82 and struggling with dementia, was found dead three weeks after he was reported missing from his home in Montauk, New York, where he lived with wife Nejma. According to New York magazine, Nejma began “clawing back” work that she believed had been loaned to people rather than given as gifts. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage), Cheryl Tiegs attends The 32nd Annual Carousel Of Hope Ball at The Beverly Hilton hotel on October 23, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. var hmpg_ads = new Array(); The family remains in regular contact with the East Hampton police, who are leading the investigation into his disappearance. The models are not identified, "Throwback Thursday: Cheryl Tiegs SwimDaily pays homage to one of the true swimsuit icons, Cheryl Tiegs", "Cheryl Tiegs Lists L.A. 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Tiegs — who married again twice — says Beard wasn’t one to ruminate on death and fate, as he stayed focused on presenting himself as alive and free-spirited, even if that free spirit put him in peril. He didn’t recognize me. “So it just became not a healthy relationship.”, RELATED: Famed Photographer Peter Beard Dead at 82: ‘He Died Where He Lived: In Nature,’ His Family Says. This photo was taken as part of a shoot for the magazine American Vogue. The death of Beard — known as much for his stunning wildlife shots as his hard-partying ways — came nearly 40 years after he and Tiegs tied the knot, kicking off a roller coaster of a union that she says fluctuated between “sweet as can be” and “off the wall.”. Following the weeks of uncertainty after he was reported missing by his family, Tiegs says the official confirmation of his death brought back many memories of their time together. “He was not nice to me all the time, and I was not nice to him,” she says. (Calls and emails to Nejma and Zara Beard were not returned. Their marriage lasted from 1970 to 1979. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images), Actress Sophia Loren poses at a special tribute to her career during AFI Fest 2014 in Hollywood, California, November 12, 2014. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage), 092580 28: Award winning actress Sophia Loren poses with son Eduardo Ponti March 25, 1991 in Los Angeles, CA. She subsequently appeared on the covers of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, among others. Bypassing the traditional in-person meeting, Tiegs was booked on a shoot in Saint Thomas with Ali MacGraw, which resulted in her first Glamour cover. Sofia Scicolone)- Portrait in der Episode 'Der Hauptgewinn' (La Riva) aus dem Episondenfilm 'Boccaccio '70', Regie: Vittorio de Sica, Italien/Frankreich - 1961 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images), Italian actress Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone) acting in exotic clothes with a flower necklace around her neck in the film A Countess from Hong Kong. Peter beard on July 4, 1981, at his home in Montauk. (Photo by Pierre Roussel /Getty News Images), Italian diva Sophia Loren smiles as she makes her way to see the AOL.responsiveEnabled = true; // required by dynamic-lede.js, isAutoRotateDisabled() “I felt beyond privileged to watch him making art, to see him walking around and deciding which pieces got blood and which didn’t,” Peter Tunney, Beard’s former business manager and art dealer, told The Post. e.async = 1; // AOL.hmpg_ads.push(c); if (sizeMnArray !== null && sizeMnArray[e] !== null && typeof(sizeMnArray[e]) !== "undefined" && sizeMnArray[e] !== "") { It was on April 19 that Beard, 82 and struggling with dementia, was found dead three weeks after he was reported missing from his home in Montauk, New York, where he lived with wife Nejma. Zachary is the eldest child of the gorgeous supermodel. "[22] She was also featured on the cover of Outside in 1980. As a longtime pal recalled to The Post: “Not long ago, I saw Peter at an event, went up to him and said hello. But some who know him remain unfazed. I did not know he was depressed on those days. She was born on Breckenridge, Minnesota as the daughter of Phyllis and Theodore Tiegs, a funeral manager. c.sps = sizeArray; He recalled inviting Beard to fly to a Formula 1 race via private jet around 2007. It's been nearly forty years since Tiegs posed in a white fishnet swimsuit for Sports Illustrated in 1978. The Academy Awards are the foremost national film awards in the US and are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of motion pictures. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage), Cheryl Tiegs and Alan Cumming at event, New York, 1990s. Page Six also reported how Nejma has fought with Beard’s friends over works used to settle restaurant bills.