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Michel Blanc died during the night from Thursday to Friday at the age of 72. The actor suffered a heart attack. The French cinema community pays tribute to him this Friday.
It’s an earthquake in the world of French cinema. The “Splendid” Michel Blanc died on the night of Thursday October 3 to Friday October 4, in hospital, after suffering a heart attack. The French actor was 72 years old and left many of his big screen accomplices orphans. This Friday, while the news was announced early in the morning in the columns of Paris Match, Gérard Jugnothis lifelong friend, was the first to draw out: “Damn Michel, what have you done to us…”, commented the person concerned on the social network Instagram.
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Gérard Jugnot subsequently described “a sledgehammer.” Everything was fine, we had seen each other not long ago, we had laughed like idiots, as usual, the actor said this Friday on the microphone of RTL. I was told that he had had a huge allergy, an anaphylactic shock, an allergy to a medication.” Both of them had just written a book together “for the benefit of medical research.” They were to celebrate together the publication of the work.
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“I can’t imagine that he’s no longer here,” sadly testified Patrice Lecontethe director of Tannedin which Michel Blanc made himself known thanks to the character of Jean-Claude Dusse. I’m wondering how this is possible. What I’m going to miss is him, what he was”, continues the director, still with RTL.
The death of Michel Blanc also did not fail to provoke a reaction Josiane Balasko : “Michel my friend my brother my partner” commented the 74-year-old actress, posting a photo of the actor on Instagram.
A little later in the day, the troop of “Splendid” wished to publish a press release, expressing his “immense pain”.
“From the lightness of laughter to the depth of emotion, Michel Blanc embodied the multiple face of our cinema”, comments for the Academy of Caesars. Michel Blanc had in fact been nominated 9 times for the César. The actor won two in total during his career: that of best actor in a supporting role for “State Exercise” in 2012, and the Honorary César awarded to the Splendid troupe in 2021.
Michel Blanc is gone ud83eudd0d
We will never forget his cult role in Les Bronzés, or even each of the roles which earned him 9 César nominations: in I find you very handsome, Marche à l’ombre or Tenue de Soirée.
In 2012, on the stage of… pic.twitter.com/o4y2Kg9bmL
— Académie des César (@Les_Cesar)
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to a “monument of French cinema”: “He made us cry with laughter and moved us to tears. A monument of French cinema, Michel Blanc is gone. Our thoughts go to his loved ones and his gambling accomplices “, commented the Head of State on the social network
He made us cry with laughter and moved us to tears. Monument of French cinema, Michel Blanc is gone. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and his gambling accomplices. pic.twitter.com/OBL7kRW5gc
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron)
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dataalso wanted to pay tribute to the septuagenarian. “This morning the pain is immense, commensurate with his talent […] Cinema, the world of culture and all French people will not forget it”, expressed the person concerned on the social network X, with a photo of the actor in support.
Michel Blanc has left us. This morning the pain is immense, commensurate with his talent. In front of the camera of Bertrand Blier, Robert Altman or Pierre Schoeller, Michel Blanc will have amazed us with the variety of his acting, but also by his talents as a director with… pic.twitter.com/ha280KA8ge
— Rachida Dati (@datirachida)
In the political landscape, the new Prime Minister, Michel Barniersaid he was “moved and very sad”. “Michel Blanc is a wonderful actor who made us laugh and who moved us too… I had the honor of decorating him when I was Minister of Agriculture in 2008,” recalls the new head of government traveling to Puy-de-Dôme this Friday.
Pierre Niney also went into his tribute, describing a “huge actor, funny and deep, simple and touching”: “His kindness and his talent impressed me so much during my first shoot, I was 18 years old, I played his son “I knew I wanted to be an actor thanks to this kind of encounter,” insisted the thirty-year-old on the social network X. Pierre Niney talks about the film here.Our 18th birthday” released in 2008.
Michel Blanc, immense actor, funny and deep, simple and touching.
His kindness and talent impressed me so much during my first film shoot, I was 18 years old, I played his son.
I knew I wanted to be an actor thanks to this kind of encounter.— Pierre Niney (@pierreniney)
The singer Louanewho shared the poster of his last film with Michel Blanc – “Marie-Line and her judge” – claims to have “her heart aching” after the death of the man she affectionately nicknamed “Michmich”: “You would probably be yelling at me, complaining and telling me that this is life and that it will pass”, continues the artist on Instagram. You would do everything to make me laugh as always. And you would succeed as always. Even in such a complicated moment. Thank you for teaching me so much, not just at work , but on how to see life”.
The young Judge Jemili for his part salutes his “cinema dad”: with Michel Blanc, he shared the poster for the film “Docteur” in 2019. “Thank you for all your advice, thank you for the laughs, thank you for making me grow in as a human and thank you for teaching me how to act in front of the camera You taught me the profession of actor, you taught me to be fair and natural”, continued the person concerned on Instagram, sharing. a souvenir photo from the shoot.
This Friday, Michel Drucker said he was also “devastated with grief”: “I am devastated with grief like all French people, he confides. I can’t believe he left us so suddenly”, commented the television host.
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