bon vivant

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Its founder, a bon vivant who once dated the widowed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, held all the strings, and pulled them in ways that Mr. Kohn often disliked.

From Washington Post

He is a diplomat, a fixer, a bon vivant and, thanks to Magimel’s louche charisma, a lost soul whose wandering and dithering carry a hint of pathos.

From New York Times

An avid sportsman who favored squash, badminton, golf and sailing, he had a reputation as a bon vivant.

From New York Times

There is an obit here of the Right Rev. Eamon Casey, an Irish bon vivant who left the country after he was found to have fathered a son.

From New York Times

A self-described bon vivant who filed his days with polo matches, romantic involvements, adventuresome business deals and left-leaning political causes, Butler died Nov. 7 at age 96, said Zia Wesley, Butler’s friend and biographer.

From Los Angeles Times