Born May 26, 1965, François Pacôme is an actor mainly active in France in the field of dubbing. Son of the illustrious actress Maria Pacôme, who died on December 1, 2018, he unfortunately went to join his mother in a better world. Indeed, François Pacôme died following an illness at the age of 59 on Saturday November 2, 2024. It was his colleague Jean Noël Mirande who told us the sad news. After following training at the Florent course, Maria Pacôme’s son distinguished himself in theater and television during his career. For example, he has played in several plays directed by Jean-Luc Moreau as : Come to my place, I live with a friend, Lola’s breasts, And me and me, Confidence for clarinet, but also The troubles of Gilda Rumeur.
On the television side, viewers were able to see François Pacôme in certain fictions such as: Sarah’s company, Navarro, Divorce, It’s starting to feel good, Under the sun, Hôtel de Police, or even Adventure companions. But it is in the world of dubbing that the actor has really made a name for himself over the years. In particular, he lent his voice to the cult character of Barney Stinsonplayed by Neil Patrick Harris in the popular sitcom How I met your mother. Viewers were also able to hear it in Nip Tuck, The Twilight Zone, Dream Team, Olive et Tom, Friends, Battlestar Galactica, MacGyver, Grey’s Anatomy, Monk, Urgences, Veronica Marsas well as Luke Cage.
François Pacôme: eaten away by illness, his mother asked him to help her die
Shortly after the death of Maria Pacôme on December 1, 2018, from amygdala cancer at the age of 95, François Pacôme revealed that his mother had asked him to help her die. “In his great carelessness, she thought we would give her a helping hand when it was essential. She thought her little notoriety would allow her to find a way. Well no, because here in France, we don’t have the right“, he explained on RTL.”When it got really complicated for her, she asked me to take the steps for what is infamously called assisted suicide in Switzerland“, Maria Pacôme’s son then added.
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