“It was a shock”: this terrible reason why the family of Louis de Funès could not attend his funeral

He is one of the greatest actors in French cinema. Between the 1960s and 1980s, Louis de Funès has appeared in more than 150 films. However, on January 27, 1983, the actor lost his life. He was victim of a heart attack at only 68 years old.

Two days after his disappearance, the Fantomas interpreter was buried in Le Cellier, in Loire-Atlantique. Funerals celebrated “in strict privacy” where part of his family was not invited. In fact, his eldest son, Daniel de Funès, did not not part of the guests.

The eldest son of Louis de Funès was not invited to his funeral

Thursday November 21, Laurent de Funès, the grandson of Louis de Funès, was invited on the show Chez Jordan on C8. The opportunity for him to return to his grandfather's funeral. He explained: “We weren't invited. For my father it was a shock and for me too”
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If Daniel de Funès was not invited, it is because of the
tensions with the actor's second wife, Jeanne Augustine Barthélemy. She wanted “absolutely isolate the first family from the second”. She would therefore have done everything to ensure that he was not
not present for this sad day. “My father didn't know when they were going to bury him. And it was deliberately not told to him when it would be at the Cellier” reported his son.

Daniel de Funès had an argument with his father before his death

Daniel de Funès expected to be invited to his father's funeral. However, only Louis de Funès' second wife and his two children appeared that day. Michel Galabru, great friend of the actor, who was also not authorized to go beyond safety barriersthen confided to Laurent de Funès: “I was surprised not to see you”.

For the hidden son of the deceased, this event was particularly difficult to accept. “He wasn't invited so he couldn't mourn” explained the guest of Jordan de Luxe. At the time of the death of Louis de Funès, his eldest son had argued with him about his second wife. “He didn't see his father again until his death. And afterward, he didn't see him again either. And it ate him away” revealed Laurent de Funès. A terrible event.