Michel Blanc is no more. Suddenly deceased on the night of Thursday October 3 to Friday October 4, the 72-year-old actor succumbed to a heart attack following an allergy to a medication which led to anaphylactic shock and Quincke’s edema. A week later, this Thursday, October 10, his funeral took place. Surrounded, for the last time, by his partner Ramatoulaye Diop, his relatives and all his friends – including the members of the Splendid troupe, which he co-created in 1974 – Michel Blanc was buried in the Père Lachaise, in Paris, after a ceremony open to the public in the Saint-Eustache Church, located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, which the actor regularly attended. This Friday, October 11, Marilou Berry, Josiane Balasko’s daughter, published a few photos on her Instagram account to pay tribute to the actor – who was a bit part of her family.
Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel and Bruno Moynot pay tribute to Michel Blanc
In the first photo published by Marilou Berry, we see, from left to right, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Bruno Moynot and Thierry Lhermitte, who pose together in front of an enormous bouquet of white and pink roses, potted and wrapped with a banner on which is written: “Your colleagues at La Française d’Intensité“. A second photo focuses on the text of the banner, a third shows the Place de la Bastille illuminated at night and a last one a portrait of Michel Blanc engraved with his dates of birth and death: 1952-2024. In caption , the actress and daughter of Josiane Balasko (who joined the Splendid troupe to replace Valérie Mairesse at the time), published what looks like an extract from a conversation between the members of the troupe in question. quotes from its members.
“Michel would have hated this place“: the Splendid troupe in an aside at the funeral of their friend Michel Blanc
“Michel would have hated this place… There are too many trees“, “It’s between Chopin and Delacroix… It’s not bad“, “Here, take a picture of us with our flowers“, “Oh yes, I would like to see them. We paid a lot for them anyway, we can at least look at them a little“, “And these imbeciles, they didn’t understand that it was us, they left them on the square!“, “It’s the dedication, the colleagues of La Française de l’Intensité… They didn’t understand…“. “Let’s not forget that Michel once said: ‘I am bald and yet I have a very long ponytail’, we can read, almost hearing the voices of Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel and Bruno Moynot in turn Marilou Berry will add, to conclude: “Wet laughter. The Splendid minus one“.
