Is Jean-Paul Belmondo experiencing new health concerns? According to many rumors that have been circulating for some time, the magnificent would indeed be in bad shape again, two years after his fall in 2019 and 20 years after his 2001 stroke. His lawyer, Michel Godest, reassured his admirers: Jean-Paul Belmondo is doing well, very well even. The sacred monster of French cinema was also able to enjoy a few days of vacation in Dubai. In great shape, Belmondo would be delighted in advance “to the idea of soon celebrating its 88 years, next April 9, with its close relations.” After being confined for a few months in his house on the French Riviera, Bébel, as he is affectionately known, only very rarely appears in public. But when he does, it’s always with a big smile: in 2020, he treated himself to a helicopter ride and also spent an evening with a famous footballer.
Jean-Paul Belmondo must however manage an immense sentence since the death of his long-time friend, the stuntman Rémy Julienne, who died Thursday, January 21, 2021. “How can you sum up such a long journey with Rémy? By three words: friendship, trust and loyalty. Friends, we made the four hundred blows together (…) It is he who protected me so often and that is obviously priceless “, said Jean-Paul Belmondo in a press release. The 87-year-old actor was unable to attend his funeral which took place on Friday, January 29, 2021. “for health reasons”, had let his lawyer know France 24 the same day. These are the few words that are at the origin of the rumors …
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a fighter
If some are also concerned about the state of health of Jean-Paul Belmondo, it is in particular because his stroke had greatly weakened him. “The illness was terrible. The doctor told me I would never speak again. But I speak. I got my head back, completely. I’ve been feeling better for three years “, he explained in the columns of Parisian in 2015, the year he announced his retirement. The French film star had to fight against this affection and relearn everything: “Before, it was years of obsession, thinking only about the disease … I was so hesitant to search for my words all the time”, he had remembered.
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