The funeral of actor Guy Marchand was held this Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in Mollégès, (Bouches-du-Rhône). Against all expectations, no personalities made the trip to pay tribute to the famous French actor.
Actor Guy Marchand died on December 15, 2023 at the age of 86. It was this Wednesday, December 27 that his funeral took place at the Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church, in the town of Mollégès, (Bouches-du-Rhône), a picturesque village in the south of France, where he lived these last years. A final tribute to the actor with a “joyful and festive” ceremony as requested by his children, Ludivine and Jules.
Among those present at the funeral, Guy Marchand’s last wife, Adelina Khamaganova. It was in 2007 that the actor married this pretty Russian model and their love story had then lasted 14 years despite their 40 years apart. For fear that his beautiful wife would tire of him, the actor himself filed for divorce in 2021. If Adelina Khamaganova rebuilt her life, she nevertheless remained on good terms with her ex-husband from whom she regularly checked in.
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Death of Guy Marchand: celebrities absent from the funeral
At the funeral Also present was the French actress Béatrice Chatelier, the actor’s first wife. known for his role in the series Nestor Burma, and mother of his two children. As our colleagues from the newspaper tell us Free Middaya photo of the artist playing the clarinet, one of his favorite instruments, accompanied by one of his hats, was placed on the coffin.
And if a hundred people were gathered, some regretted the absence of personalities during the funerallike Mireille and Alain Bouterin, admirers of the singer: “We are very sad to see that no one from showbiz accompanied this great man, who was still a great actor and a great singer, a great musician, a very beautiful person”. And Mickey, his bodyguard for 45 years, concludes: “He’s a man with a heart like that. And today, it was me who left with him. He’s a man who helped everyone”.
As a reminder, Guy Marchand had been nominated several times for the César for Best Supporting Actor and won the famous prize in 1982 for his performance in the film Garde à vue by Claude Miller where he plays opposite Lino Ventura. Guy Marchand also appeared in Les Sous-doués on vacation, Ripoux versus ripoux, My wife… is called Maurice or the series Ten percent.