Death of Michel Blanc: the actor suffered angioedema after ingesting a contrast product

The shock. Michel Blanc is dead. The 72-year-old actor died in the night from Thursday to Friday in hospital. Little by little the circumstances of his death are becoming clearer.

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“A huge allergy”

He reportedly suffered a heart attack in the evening and was transported in serious condition to a Paris hospital. “It’s a devastating blow. Everything was fine, we saw each other not long ago, we laughed like idiots, as usual…”reacted Gérard Jugnot this morning on RTL. And Michel Blanc’s friend within the Splendid troupe gave more details on the actor’s death: “He had a huge allergy to a medication”. “I was told that he had a huge allergy, an anaphylactic shock, an allergy to a medication. They resuscitated him”explained Gérard Jugnot at the microphone of our colleagues.

According to BFM TV, Michel Blanc would have had a bad reaction after ingesting a contrast product before a medical examination (MRI or ultrasound) which would have caused Quincke’s edema, a spectacular swelling which can lead to respiratory distress as well as arrest. cardiac. On site, his doctor would have notified the Samu but it was already too late when help arrived.