He suffered a heart attack in the evening and was transported in serious condition to a Parisian hospital, his entourage told AFP.
“Fuck Michel… What did you do to us…”, launched as condolences on Instagram the actor Gérard Jugnot, his sidekick from the flagship troupe of Splendid and the Tanned.
“Michel, my friend, my brother, my partner,” reacted on Instagram the actress Josiane Balasko, another figure from this group of actors from the 70s and 80s.
Popular actor since the success of TannedMichel Blanc alternated between laughter and emotion while exploring the human soul in front of and behind the camera.
After the enormous public success of Walk in the shade (1984), his first film as a director, he broadened his range by being the first of the Splendid gang, notably with the transgressive Evening wear (1986) by Bertrand Blier.
He plays the moving Antoine, who becomes infatuated with Gérard Depardieu and cross-dresses. The role, crowned with the Best Actor Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, marks a turning point in his career.
In the dramatic register, Michel Blanc also portrayed the disturbing Mr Hire (1989), after Simenon, or a homosexual doctor at the start of AIDS in The Witnesses (2007) by André Téchiné.
After the failed meeting of the third opus of Tanned in 2006, the actor, nominated four times for the César for best actor, won the precious statuette in 2012 for his unexpected second role as chief of staff in the thriller policy State Exercise.
