This Thursday, December 26, 2024, at 9:05 p.m., France 3 broadcasts a cult film, Wing or Thigh (1976), in which Louis de Funès and Coluche opposite each other. The opportunity to take an interest in the latter, in particular his love story with Véronique Colucci, the mother of his two sons Romain (born in 1972) and Marius (born in 1976). They said “yes” in 1975, before divorcing six years later.
Despite their breakup, the one who supported him during the creation of Restos du coeur (1985) and devoted the rest of her life to it, continued to love him and consider him the man of her life. “There was no breakup of lover. We broke away from everyday life but we always loved each other“, explained Véronique Colucci for Paris Match.
As for their meeting, it took place in 1969, at the Café de la Gare, in Paris. Then a journalism student, Véronique Colucci fell under his spell. But it took time before Coluche realized what was happening: “At first, he didn’t believe me when I confessed to him that I was in love with him. I had to row to make him understand!“
Coluche impressed by his future wife?
“He didn’t think he was handsome enough, he wasn’t intelligent enough… but for me, he had all the qualities required to become the man of my life.e”, added Véronique Colucci, always for Paris Match. From there, their love story could definitely begin. As a reminder, the one who was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honor for her commitment to the Restos du Coeur died in April 2018, following a long illness. This is what his family announced to AFP.
Coluche lost his life on June 19, 186, at only 41 years old, after a collision between his motorcycle and a 38-ton semi-trailer, on a departmental road in the Alpes-Maritimes. A tragic end caused by “reckless driving” on the part of the heavy goods vehicle driver, Albert Ardisson. This man died last May.
