On October 3, Michel Blanc died of an allergic reaction at the age of 72, leaving behind his grieving loved ones. Everyone paid tribute to the latter at the Saint-Eustache church in Paris on October 10. If the ceremony was public, it was in the privacy that family and friends accompanied him to the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
During the funeral, Christian Clavier was quite discreet, he who returned to the church surrounded by the other members of “Splendid” and Michel Blanc’s companion, Ramatoulaye Diop. The latter had asked for happy tributes, in memory of her husband’s good humor.
A look back at the moving tributes to Michel Blanc
Josiane Balasko addressed her comrade “Santa Claus is trash” during the religious ceremony. “You who almost became a pianist, you will be able to spend your evenings playing at each other’s houses “, she declared according to “BFMTV”. A speech followed by an amusing speech from Jean-Paul Rouve: “Because of you, we end up like idiots with dark glasses and handkerchiefs in a church.“Josiane Balasko also revealed two “souvenir” photos of her alongside Michel Blanc.
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His daughter, Marilou Berrythen shared a photo of the “Splendid” reunited, all holding a huge bouquet of flowers. In a touching text, she hinted at part of a conversation that the actors had had at the cemetery: “Michel would have hated this place… there are too many trees“, “It’s between Chopin and Delacroix… It’s not bad “.
For his part, Gérard Jugnot had been one of the most expressive in public. The 73-year-old actor shared his grief in an Instagram story, a few hours after the death. “Damn Michel… What have you done to us…“, he wrote on a photo of Michel Blanc and his big smile. He also expressed his pain two days later in front of the projection of a video retracing the journey of the “Bronzés” star, during the closing of the Nice Festival.
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