“He was not in the club, he was with us”: the touching confidences of Thierry Lhermitte on the funeral of Michel Blanc

Saturday December 7, Thierry Lhermitte is Isabelle Ithurburu’s guest on the show 50’ Insidebroadcast on TF1. During this interview, the actor returned to the funeral of Michel Blanc, who died suddenly on October 4.

A disappearance that moved the world of cinema. On October 4, Michel Blanc died suddenly at the age of 72. The unforgettable Jean-Claude Dusse of the saga THE Tanned has suffered multiple heart attacks caused by a rare allergic reaction called anaphylactic shock. This sudden disappearance particularly affected the members of the Splendidthis troupe of French actors founded in 1974 bringing together Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Michel Blanc.

During an interview given to ParisianThierry Lhermitte notably returned to the disappearance of his friend. “The day Michel died, I didn’t sleep, I read everything he had written, it shocked me”explained the actor.

Thierry Lhermitte talks about the funeral of Michel Blanc

Asked by Isabelle Ithurburu in 50’ InsideSaturday December 7, Thierry Lhermitte returned to the sudden death of Michel Blanc. “Did this sudden death make you question your own relationship with death?”asked the presenter. “If we see things face to face, yes, of course”confided the actor. “Michel got the ball rolling, let’s say”he continued. “I haven’t gotten used to it yet, to tell you the truth…”admitted Thierry Lhermitte, before returning to the funeral of Michel Blanc, celebrated on October 10 at the Saint-Eustache church.

“He wasn’t in the club, he was with us laughing at what we heard because we had fits of laughter, as we often do at funerals. And of course we were imagining the stupid things that he could have said“, he explained. The actor then revealed the message that the members of the Splendid wrote on a flower sprout placed on the coffin of Michel Blanc: “Your colleagues from the Frenchwoman of intensity.” “As if it were a retirement ceremony… I think Michel would have laughed a lot at that”he added. Touching confidences.