“Fuck, Michel… What did you do to us…”reacted on his Instagram account Gérard Jugnot, accomplice of the Splendid comedy troupe, shortly after the announcement of the death of Michel Blanc from anaphylactic shock, on the night of Thursday October 3 to Friday October 4.
On RTL, the actor and director once again mentioned “an allergy to a medication”, after a routine medical examination. This was confirmed by the entourage of Michel Blanc, who died at the age of 72.
Saturday evening, two days after the disappearance of his friend, Gérard Jugnot went to Nice, for the Cinéroman Festival. He insisted on maintaining his participation in the closing ceremony, despite his mourning.
However, we could see him very moved during a tribute paid to his comrade.
Indeed, it was difficult for him to contain his tears when the organizers of the Festival paid tribute to the memory of the deceased actor, unforgettable Jean-Claude Duss in the two films The Bronzeddirected by Patrice Leconte, among other notable roles.
While a retrospective of Michel Blanc’s filmography was broadcast in one of the rooms of the Pathé Gare du Sud cinema, Gérard Jugnot remained seated with tears in his eyes, before getting up to greet the audience present.
The Splendid troupe, within which Michel Blanc made his breakthrough in the 70s and 80s, had already announced, on Friday, “with one voice”of course “tremendous pain”, after the death of the actor, loved by all.
“The Troupe du Splendid – Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Bruno Moynot – join together with one voice to express their immense pain following the death of their friend and companion Michel White”said their joint press release.
This happy “band of friends” had become legendary after the phenomenal success of Tanned a you Santa Claus is trash, first on the stage of theaters then in the cinema.
