It’s already been two decades since Ticky Holgado left us, and yet his acting talent, his inimitable cheekiness with his singing accent and his good nature are intact in everyone’s memories. A wonderful time, Les Ripoux, Gazon Maudit, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, A long engagement Sunday… so many cult appearances in films that are just as cult. The actor is died at age 59 on January 22, 2004 and in addition to his services, he left another posthumous message, very powerful.
The actor, also a musician and close to Johnny Hallyday, died after a relapse of his lung cancer. His friend, the director Claude Lelouch, filmed him on his hospital bed with an IV delivering a powerful message to raise awareness of the ravages of cigarettes and warn about lung cancer. “The first one was taken from me twelve years ago. At that point I quit smoking for two years and then started again. Since then, I have stopped completely. We need to tell people that they need to stop smoking completely!“, he proclaimed in front of director Lelouch’s camera. A video sequence broadcast in 2004 on LCI, then on other television channels.
By leaving before having blown out his sixtieth candle, Ticky Holgado caused immense sadness in the world of French cinema where he had established great friendships. During his burial at Père-Lachaise, the actors Samuel Le Bihan, Gérard Jugnot, Gérard Darmon, Patrick Chesnais, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Patrick Timsit, the comedians Dany Boon and Smaïn, the actress and director Mireille Darc were present. , the singer Nicoletta, the coach of the French rugby team Bernard Laporte and the rapper JoeyStarr. What can we say about the immense pain of his only daughter? He had in fact become a father with Edith de Vélennes d‘a daughter, Jessica.
The latter did not hide her emotion during a tribute paid to her father in the town of Bessières in 2008, where a performance hall was renamed in his name, as reported The Dispatche. A girl who can be proud of everything her dad has accomplished, right up until the last moments.
