Sunday May 24, 2020, the man of letters Jean-Loup Dabadie died after a long illness at the age of 81 at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, leaving behind his last wife Véronique Bachet, with whom he had been married since 1997. Before her, theThe lyricist of Johnny Hallyday or Julien Clerc knew other women and was even married for the first time to Marie Dabadie, the former administrator of the Goncourt Academy and mother of two of her children. At the end of the 80s, the member of the french academy lived a love story with the actress Julie Arnold, 17 years younger.
From a love story to a beautiful friendship
At the time, the young actress was the star of the series Marc and Sophie, broadcast on TF1. Their history lasts a few years but the couple ends up separating. Despite their breakup, Julie Arnold and Jean-Loup Dabadie maintain excellent relationships and continue to socialize, in friendship. They even work on joint projects. In 2011, Julie Arnold is the poster of the play Madame Marguerite, written by Jean-Loup Dabadie and directed by J.-P. Dravell. After her romance with the French man of letters, Julie Arnold shares the life of the sports journalist Gérard Holtz as the writer and lyricist crosses the path of Geneviève Dormann, with whom he will stay for several years. In 2016, interviewed on her old idylls with the man of letters and the journalist of France 2 by the magazine Paris here, Julie Arnold said: "On lived what we had to live, that's all. But we are still in touch."The actress has not yet reacted to the death of her former companion.
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