On the night of March 30-31, 2020, Pierre Bénichou died in his sleep at the age of 82, announced his son Antoine. A sudden death, unrelated to the coronavirus, which no one expected. Faced with this sad news, the team of Big heads, of which he was a resident, insisted on paying him tribute dedicating a good part of the afternoon of Wednesday April 1 to remember anecdotes, his career and by making some confidences on the media juggernaut. "He is perhaps one of the men who made me laugh the most in the world by his talent for improvisation, and his comic genius", confessed very moved Laurent Ruquier, before giving the floor to his entire team.
The testimony of Valérie Mairesse
Among the testimonies, that of Valérie Mairesse marked RTL's listeners. If her comrades spoke of the humor of their colleagues, the 64-year-old actress returned to her behavior behind the scenes. “I especially remember his wandering hands. He had that side. So there have been times when we were having a lot of bickering because I can't stand being put a hand in when it's not me who decides ”, she said.
Maureen Dor would have lived it too
An inappropriate behavior on the part of Pierre Bénichou that she would not be the only one to have known. “Maureen Dor paid the price at one time. She said to him: 'I'm tired of your wandering hands'. And he replied: ‘How can you say that? If people saw me on TV and they saw my beautiful hands, they would wonder how I can wipe my hands on it ". Despite these disconcerting memories, she concludes: "I will be damn missed".
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