More than three years after the death of Marthe Mercadier, victim of Alzheimer's disease in September 2021, her only daughter and former press secretary comes out of the silence to give a rant and pay tribute to the one whom the media have too much quickly, according to her.
Marthe Mercadier: serious financial problems
Véronique Nery, daughter of actors Marthe Mercadier and Gérard Nery, gave an interview to Gala this week to denounce the lack of consideration from the artistic and media world towards her mother before and after her disappearance: “No one paid tribute to his career, his humanitarian action or his commitment policy. It's absurd. People behaved very badly towards her. They totally let her down“Generous and committed to others, Marthe Mercadier was unfortunately dragged into the political affair of embezzlement of public funds from the Carrefour du développement, before being cleared after spending six years in court.”We still sent more than 1,750 tons of recycled medical equipment to 37 third world countries. Nobody talked about it. (…) She continued her action with her own funds, but she could not continue her action and pay her taxes at the same time. In recent months, they have seized retirement. Fortunately, his Audiens pension fund helped us a lot. For my part, I had no money and I was unable to have a proper funeral. It was terrible for me. It wasn't the Madeleine church, no one came“, deplores Véronique Nery, who does not forget the names of all those who did not make the trip. “I didn't hesitate to tell them what I thought of them.“, she confides to our colleagues.
Alzheimer’s: a painful period for Véronique Nery
What also makes Marthe Mercadier's daughter angry are the defamatory rumors circulating on the web: “I read things that drove me crazy, like the fact that she was on the streets or living in a trailer. Certainly, she really liked traveling people and she respected them. They helped us but we never lived in a caravan. You shouldn't say anything“If Véronique Nery does not recover.”still not“the absence of her mother, the last years of her life were also trying for her, from the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in 2013:”It was a huge shock. I had algodystrophy, which is paralysis on the left side. I understood that I now had to take charge of everything and that I was becoming my mother's mother. (…) I am still on anti-depressants. I have had neurological problems since then, although I can still work. It really shook me to experience this on a daily basis. (…) I washed her, I changed her diapers, I cooked her food… I did everything“. In addition to her great career in the theater, Marthe Mercadier had taken on dozens of roles in the cinema, in addition to making her mark on cabaret and television. In 2011, she participated in Dancing with the Stars on TF1.
