Pierre Cardin died at the age of 98 in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris.France’s Fine Arts Academy announced the news of Cardin’s passing in a statement on social media. “The members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce with great sadness the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin,” the elite French arts group Tweeted.“It is a day of great sadness for all our family. Pierre Cardin is no more,” the family said in a statement.