The founder of the Paris ice cream brand beloved of the city's international tourists, Raymond Berthillon, has died at the age of 90. A visit to the Ile Saint Louis in the heart of Paris and a stone's throw from Notre Dame is on many a tourists' itinerary, partly for the architecture, the gift shopping, and the chance to take pictures of the cathedral, but also because it is the home of Berthillon ice cream. Along the picturesque island's narrow 17th century streets, queues stretch all day and well into the night at the family-run company's handful of outlets, surrounded by the Seine river.
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Raymond Berthillon died aged 90 after 60 years at helm of ice cream empire
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Parlour first gained fame in 1961 when critic raved about it
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His ice cream parlour is now one of Paris' most loved tourist attractions
The business, which celebrated its 60th birthday this year, posted a photograph of its founder in black and white at the top of its website on Monday, titled simply '@placeholder 1923-2014'.