During the night from Thursday to Friday, it was a message from Gérard Jugnot which alerted France to the state of health of Michel Blanc: “Fuck Michel, what have you done to us? “. The public did not yet know it, but the legendary interpreter of Jean-Claude Dusse had just died from anaphylactic shock. Quickly, his lifelong friend paid tribute to him, recalling that they had met in college and had therefore followed each other since they were 13: “He was like me, we were already old fools. » told Gérard Jugnot on RTL.
Despite the grief, Gérard Jugnot went this Saturday, October 5 to the closing ceremony of the Cinéroman festival, in Nice. A ceremony which turned its program upside down to pay tribute to Michel Blanc, a cult actor whose career is not only limited to the Splendid films but who also played in “Marche à l’ombre”, “Evening Outfit” and “Evening Wear”. I find you very handsome”, and who even won a César in 2012 for his role in “The Exercise of the State”.
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Faced with a video retracing the actor’s journey and compiling his most famous scenes, Gérard Jugnot could not hold back his tears. Leaning into his chair, the actor appeared with a scarred face, moist eyes and head in his hands, visibly upset by the sudden death of his 72-year-old friend. At the invitation of the president of the festival, he then stood up at the end of the tribute, before quickly sitting down again, completely sad.
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Splendid members silent in grief
If Gérard Jugnot therefore went to Nice to attend the tribute paid to Michel Blanc, the actor did not wish to speak to the media, preferring to stay with his loved ones in order to evoke the memory of his comrade.
Like him, the other members of Splendid chose to remain silent. In a press release released on Friday October 4, a few hours after the official announcement of the death, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte and Bruno Moynot asked the public and the press “to respect [leur] silence and meditation. »
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The band also expresses ” [sa] immense pain following the death of their friend and companion Michel Blanc. » because, if relations had weakened over time, the troupe was still used to meeting happily, as during the Césars ceremony in 2021 or on the cover of “Paris Match”, produced in April last, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary issue.
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