“Honey, I sold the jacket!”, the speech as hilarious as it is poignant by Jean-Paul Rouve

This Thursday, October 10, several hundred people gathered in Saint-Eustache church from Paris to make tribute to Michel Blanc, died a week earlier. The ceremony, to which relatives and friends of the actor were invited, was broadcast via loudspeakers in front of the religious building. Many celebrities made the trip, starting with his friends from Splendid Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko and Marie-Anne Chazel. Also present were the deceased’s companion, Ramatoulaye Diop, but also political figures such as the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati and the First Lady Brigitte Macron.

Funeral of Michel Blanc: this touch of humor from Jean-Paul Rouve

Tears flowed in the aisles of Saint-Eustache church yesterday. Several people gave speeches to greet one last time the unforgettable interpreter of Jean-Claude Duss in The Bronzed. Among them, Jean-Paul Rouve made a strong impression when he speaks, between humor and emotion. The actor who played the role of the deceased several times remembered in particularan anecdote as poignant as it is hilarious. “Michel had just bought himself a Tyrolean jacket. I imagine the salesman watching him leave, excited, and calling his wife: ‘Honey, I sold the jacket!’“he told the assembly, before concluding: “The only good news (…)

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