It was an announcement that surprised everyone and 7 months later, Maïwenn continues to keep the memory of her late companion and father of her son, Diego, alive. In shock, she announced the death of Jean-Yves Le Fur at the age of 59 on her social networks. “The love of my life, the father of my son Diego, the father-in-law of my daughter Shanna, left on Sunday morning in my arms and those of our son, under the protection of Frédérick his big brother, and Jaky his friend always We are all devastated”she wrote on April 2.
At the time, the 48-year-old director spoke of her partner's “illness”, but this Thursday, November 21, she decided to say more. The businessman, marked by his stories with Karen Mulder and Stéphanie de Monaco, succumbed to cancer which she wishes to invest in. “It's been 7 months since my husband death from pancreatic cancer. It is a very aggressive cancer that can affect anyone. Men and women, and at all ages. Today, November 21, is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. Pancreatic cancer already kills 3 times more than road accidents!raises awareness of the one who delivered her truth after being excluded from the Deauville Festival, in an Instagram publication where she wrote: “All united against pancreatic cancer” in the caption.
Maïwenn is involved in research against pancreatic cancer
“My husband wanted to help the research of Professor Hammel (one of the greatest specialists) because only research can really reduce the mortality rate (16,000 cases per year for 11,000 deaths). So it's for what today I am taking over to fulfill his wish: to raise as much funds as possible so that research makes enormous progress”continues the one who made a first public outing with her son Diego Le Fur at Roland-Garros this year, before adding: “If you have someone around you who does recent diabetestell him to go get a scan. If you have someone who has stomach pain or persistent diarrheatell him to see a doctor quickly and have a CT scan done. This gesture can save your life.”
A nice gesture from Maïwenn, who decided to get involved in helping research against pancreatic cancer. “If you want to help research: make your donations to the ARCA.D foundation (Aide and Research in Digestive Cancerology). The needs are numerous, our donations are essential. Thank you…”she concludes.
