By SudOuest.fr with AFP
Grichka Bogdanoff died at the age of 72, this Tuesday, December 28. Le Monde announces that he was not vaccinated and would have died of Covid-19
Grichka Bogdanoff, one of the star twins of the 1980s for launching the first science fiction television show in France, died Tuesday, December 28 at the age of 72 in a Paris hospital, his agent announced.
“Surrounded by the love of his family and his family, Grichka Bogdanoff passed away peacefully on December 28, 2021 to join his stars,” his family wrote in a statement sent by his agent.
But according to Le Monde, Grichka Bogdanoff would have died as a result of Covid-19. He had been hospitalized in mid-December in the intensive care unit of the Georges-Pompidou hospital, at the same time as his brother Igor. The twins were not vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a source cited by the daily.
It was in 1976 that Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff became known by participating in Yves Mourousi’s 13-hour newspaper. Three years later, the twins launched their science fiction show, “Temps X” on TF1.
Criticized by the scientific community on the credibility of their scientific work, objects of mockery for their transformed physique which they themselves qualified as “extraterrestrials”, the famous twins are shrouded in mystery.
Born in the Gers
The Bogdanoff brothers were born in the village of Saint-Lary, in the Gers, on August 29, 1949. Their father would be a Russian painter of Tatar origin, their mother the natural daughter of an Austrian aristocrat.
In 1999, Grichka validated his thesis in mathematics and, in 2002, Igor in physics. The controversy then began on the value of their work, especially since they took advantage of the title of “doctor” even before having passed their theses. Overall, it turns out that their work is not hoax but is just low value.
In recent years, they had especially hit the headlines through the mockery of comedians about their deeply transformed face.
Several times, they have had trouble with the law. A trial for “vulnerable person scam” targeting the two brothers must take place on January 20, 21 and 27, 2022. They are accused of having robbed a bipolar millionaire to settle their financial woes and relaunch “Time X”, the show science fiction that made them famous.
Igor has six children, from several unions. More discreet, Grichka was single, without children.