Invited to the Touche plateau not at my post this Thursday, March 9, Jacky Imbert’s wife returned for a long time to the life she led with the Marseille bandit. But above all, she sent a powerful message to her great friend, Alain Delon.
It’s no secret: Alain Delon has always had a soft spot for Marseille gangsters. And the least we can say is that between the French cinema legend and Jacky Imbert, one of the figures of the Marseille underworld, links were quickly created. The latter have forged a strong friendship for nearly half a century. It all started at the hippodromes, with a common passion for horse racing, before showing up together in the Parisian parties of the 60s.
But inevitably, having in your circle of close friends figures of the underworld is not without pain. While his friend was detained for a long time in Luynes prison following cigarette trafficking in connection with the Russian mafia, Alain Delon did not turn his back on Jacky Imbert. The two “buddies” continued to maintain their ties by sending each other letters, which were made public when the latter died. “My Jacky. Your little wife let me know in your own way that you wanted me to write you a note. I do it with pleasure, she is wonderful. Know that I’m always near you”wrote for example Alain Delon at the time.
Christine Imbert sent a nice message to Alain Delon on the set of TPMP
This fraternal relationship was therefore much more than a friendship out of interest. And the wife of Jacky Imbert, alias Jacky Le Mat, proved it once again this Thursday, March 9. Invited to the Touche set not at my post, the latter returned at length to the relationship between the godfather of the Marseille thugs and the French actor. “Alain Delon was my friend, he always supported me. I hope he is watching us. With me, Jacky was a lord. I was spoiled by life. I stayed with him for 17 years, until he died at 89.” began by telling Christine Imbert. Then the last wife of Jacky Le Mat returned to her daily life as the wife of a great bandit, declaring: “we never had a bodyguard”. A life far from that of normal people.