Grichka Bogdanoff died on December 28, 2021 at the age of 72. The causes of his death are not yet known.
Grichka Bogdanoff left on December 28, 2021 in a Parisian hospital, as announced by his agent to Agence France Presse (AFP). “Surrounded by the love of his family and his loved ones, Grichka Bogdanoff passed away peacefully, on December 28, 2021, to join his starsHis family wrote in a statement. He was 72 years old. Unvaccinated, he would have died of Covid.
He became known with his twin brother, Igor, thanks to the program Temps X, broadcast on TF1 from 1979 to 1987. It was the first science fiction and popular science television program in France. Dressed in silver overalls, the Bogdanoff brothers carried out several wacky experiments and tested technological objects such as the translating machine, magic dictation or the astrocomputer. Unheard of in the television landscape of the time. They subsequently produced two other scientific programs: Rayons X from 2002 to 2007 and À deux pas du futur from 2010 to 2011. They were also columnists for the program Touche pas à mon poste.
The Bogdanoff brothers, a mystery
Throughout her life Grichka Bogdanoff, and her twin brother Igor, have maintained a mystery around their characters. As much about their family and their origins, as about their appearance which has raised questions on many occasions. During’an interview with Télé-Loisirs, Grichka Bogdanoff had partly lifted the veil: “We have never used what is called cosmetic surgery. We are, with Igor, experimenters. In the experiment, there are a number of small protocols. These are very advanced technologies, that’s why the mystery has lasted so long“, he assured.
Together, Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff lived many lives: writers, doctors of physics and mathematics, and descendants of the Austrian aristocracy. If their work has often been criticized by other scientists, the Bogdanoff twins marked an entire generation in the 1980s.