He couldn't take it anymore. On Sunday May 28, 2020, the humorist and actor Guy Bedos died at the age of 85 years. Since this milestone, many personalities like Jean Dujardin or Emmanuel Macron have paid tribute to him with very touching words. If the causes of his death are still unclear, his daughter Victoria Bedos has however raised a "hunger-strike" in a letter dedicated to his father a few days after his death. A version that seems to coincide with the words of Michel Drucker, guest in Pros hour sure CNews Friday June 5, 2020. A very valuable interview since the presenter of France 2 initially refused to speak of his friend Guy Bedos, who was all too saddened by his disappearance …
"Guy Bedos was at the end. He was tired, he had said everything …"
"Guy, he was tired, he had said everything. (…) He ended his life with a spirit elsewhere … he was sad, he ate little. This is what Victoria says in Paris Match, he almost went on a hunger strike. And then this pandemic, which came at a terrible time, prevented him from seeing his family during the two months when he really had to see them a lot ", said Michel Drucker, still touched by this event. And for good reason, the coronavirus health crisis and the ensuing confinement prevented Guy Bedos from receiving outside people in his room. Terrible timing for the comedian's family, already very worried about the health of Guy Bedos.
"The great sorrow that Nicolas and his sister told me was that the last two months of his life, where they wanted to see it every day, they didn't see it", added Michel Drucker. In this same interview broadcast on CNews, the journalist also returned to this remarkable evening spent at L'Olympia during Guy Bedos' last show in 2013: "When are we leaving? Guy, he was at the end I think. When he said goodbye to Olympia I remember … Nicolas said: 'It's not worse' . " A stage exit made with dignity.
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