Mariane Hoepfner Trintignant made revelations about her husband’s funeral. Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant died on Friday June 17 at the age of 91.
This is sad news that was announced by AFP this Friday, June 17. Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, born December 11, 1930 in Piolenc, in the Vaucluse, died at the age of 91. “He died peacefully, of old age, this morning, at his home, in the Gard, surrounded by his loved ones., said his wife, Mariane Hoepfner Trintignant to the media. Subsequently, she provided details concerning the course of her funeral. “In accordance with his wishes, the funeral will take place in private.“, can we read. It is therefore far from the cameras that the ceremony will take place since it is not a large public funeral, in the presence of many personalities, who will be present. However, his memory was hailed on social networks , in particular by Emmanuel Macron who has “hailed a tremendous artistic talent, which accompanied our lives a little through French cinema“, wrote the President of the Republic. There is also Nadine Tringiannt, his ex-wife, who had a thought for him. “He was someone rare, confusing in a good way“, she said before adding: “A great actor. He worked all his life with his tape recorder at home saying poems and at the end of his life, the last four years, he upset everyone by reading wonderful poems“, she concluded.
During his life, Jean-Louis Trintignant had to face many complications, including health concerns, which he always spoke about in full transparency. In September 2017, he revealed that he had cancer. “Before I was afraid of cancer. Not anymore, I have one!“, was he first amused before adding: “When I sign autographs – as I no longer see much, it’s difficult but good – I sign ‘Jean-Louis Trintignant’ and I specify below ‘at the end of his life'”. A few years earlier, it was on the antenna of Europe 1 that he had made some confidences about the end of life. “I think it’s normal to die. Because from the age of 65, the age of retirement, we have come out of society a bit, we are a bit cumbersome, the old people”, he said. A few years ago, Jean-Louis Trintignant also mentioned his death: “I would surely die of cancer, but unfortunately I’m not the only one.you”, he had assured before adding that he was not afraid to die. “When I sign autographs – as I no longer see much, it’s difficult but good – I sign ‘Jean-Louis Trintignant’ and I specify below ‘at the end of his life'”he said, very amused by this anecdote.
Jean-Louis Trintignant: what drama turned his life upside down?
Jean-Louis Trintignant is the father of three children, born of his union with Nadine Trintignant. In July 2001, it was her eldest, Marie, who died following an argument with her companion at the time, Bertrand Cantat. Struck in the face with twenty blows, she suffered from a consecutive cerebral edema to this tragic night which first plunged him into a coma, and ended up winning on August 1, 2003. A tragedy for the actor who had made moving remarks: “I died on August 1, 2003, the day Marie died. Inside of me everything is destroyed“, he explained before adding: “It may be my fault: if I had been present that evening, she probably wouldn’t have died. This guilt weighs on me a lot because I’m pretty sure I’m right“.