Death of Michel Blanc: “He is not missing…”, the surprising exit of his friend Gérard Jugnot

On October 3, the actor Michel Blanc died at age 72, victim of anaphylactic shock and angioedema of unknown origin. A premature death which caused great emotion in the world of cinema, culture and, more broadly, moved all French people. Without forgetting of course his comrades from the Splendid troop.

This Thursday evening, some of them (Josiane Balasko, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot and Bruno Moynot) were received by Élise Lucet in Special correspondent on France 2. Come to promote the work The Splendid on The Splendid, they took advantage of the opportunity to evoke the interpreter of the emblematic Jean-Claude Dusse in The Bronzed.

“We didn’t see each other much”

“I imagine that being there, today, here, in this theater, without it, it's not easy for you“, says Élise Lucet to her guests. “And at the same time, he is with us”replies Josiane Balasko, before specifying: “Besides, he has never been with us as much as since he left. We think about it all the time, first of all because people make you think about it.”.

During his lifetime, Michel Blanc had distanced himself a little from his former playmates. A reality that Gérard Jugnot did not deny. “We didn't see each other much, it is not missing in everyday lifebut it's missing the idea that we'll never do anything together again.”he concedes.