Friday December 15, the world of the seventh art, but also of song, said goodbye to Guy Marchand. The former TV series star Nestor Burma then took his last breath, at the age of 86, in a hospital in Vaucluse. His children Jules and Ludivine, who announced his death to AFP the same day, had clarified that the actor had “extinguished peacefully”. This one, however, does not did not leave behind a very large fortune.
Enough to put an end to the possibility that a war linked to his succession would be triggered. Indeed, as notably recalled Point, Monday December 18, Guy Marchand has never bathed in infinite wealth since the money seemed to burn his fingers, barely stored in his wallet. At the age of 80, the actor continued filming to replenish his finances. On April 19, he was notably on the poster of the film The most beautiful to go dancing by Victoria Bedos, alongside Philippe Katerine, Pierre Richard (89 years old) and Brune Moulin. In 2021, with the Parisianhe admitted having “made a lot of money on Nestor Burma“, ensuring that you have “spent it all” Since.
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An actor regularly exposed, because of his easy lifestyle
“Horses, cars [de collection, un attrait provenant du métier de garagiste qu’exerçait son père, NDLR], women… I liked living widely. And I didn’t have star salaries, I’m a tourist”, he confided in complete frankness. Words which can nevertheless raise eyebrows since Guy Marchand played in more than sixty feature films during his career, by playing for ten years the main character of private detective Nestor Burma in the eponymous series. In 2019, in the columns of Here isthe actor assured that “the movie theater [l]e saved[ait] financially” since he does not “sells[ait] no more records.” “And I am overdrawn at Crédit Agricole de Cavaillon… I am in the red with my retirement, withholding taxes, the way I spend my money and my passion for American cars”detailed the father of Jules and Ludivine without beating around the bush.
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