A final tribute for this “anguished clown”: the funeral of the actor Michel Blanc, died suddenly at the age of 72 on the night of Thursday to Fridayare celebrated this Thursday in Paris. Of many personalities from cinema and theater are expected. A speech by members of Splendid, the café-theatre troupe of his “friends for life”, is expected during the ceremony, AFP indicated. THE The public will also be able to follow the ceremony.
The funeral will be celebrated from 4 p.m. in the Saint-Eustache church, right in the center of Paris where the actor lived. Father Yves Trocheris, priest of the church, will host the ceremony. Several hundred admirers are expected to honor the memory of the actor, and a sound broadcast of the ceremony is planned in the church square.
Becoming famous with his role as Jean-Claude Dusse in humorous films such as the Bronzés saga in the 1980s, Michel Blanc then oriented towards dramatic roles and a career as a director. IHe suffered a heart attack during the night from Thursday to Friday after a routine examination, and was transported to a Parisian hospital where he died.
According to members of his entourage, the actor suffered from anaphylactic shock, a rare but violent allergic reaction to food, medicine or venom, which can lead to death within minutes. In the case of Michel Blanc, it was a medication which apparently caused the brutal allergic reaction, according to those close to him. The Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP that it was not aware of his death.
The “immense pain” of the members of Splendid
The first of the Splendid troupe to leave, his former comrades Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel and Bruno Moynot expressed “with one voice” their “immense pain”. All seven of them posed again in April for the weekly Paris Match, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the troupe which was formed at the high school.
The death of Michel Blanc sparked a shower of tributes. Head of State Emmanuel Macron spoke of the loss of a “monument of French cinema”, while Prime Minister Michel Barnier estimated that “we all (had) a little bit of Michel Blanc in us”.
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