Jean-Pierre Bacri, Marthe Mercadier, Bertrand Tavernier, Catherine Rich, Axel Khan, Charlie Watts, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Tapie…. Many personalities have passed away this year. To remember those who counted, Télé-Loisirs pays them a last tribute.
The year had started in the most terrible way for French cinema with the announcement of the death of Jean-Pierre Bacri on January 18. The actor known for his grumbling was battling cancer. He passed away at the age of 69, leaving us orphaned by his humor that we were so fond of. The same day, Catherine Rich the 88-year-old actress also disappeared, joining her husband Claude Rich, who died in 2017. On March 25, the director Bertrand Tavernier, the inexhaustible lover of cinema on his history, leaves us in turn at 79 years old. . Avril takes actor and director Yves Rénier with him. The famous Commissioner Moulin is no longer, struck down by a heart attack at the age of 78. He was joined shortly after in July by actor Jean-François Stevenin who died after a long illness. On September 6, our national Bebel, sacred monster of French cinema, surrenders. Jean-Paul Belmondo, the icon of the new wave who became the most popular French actor, admired for his charisma, his humor and his daring received a moving national tribute to the Invalides.
Thalassa has lost its iconic presenter
The television world mourned the loss of one of its iconic hosts: George Pernoud. The presenter of Thalassa leaves us on January 11 at the age of 73 after 42 years spent on the air in France 3. The music world has also mourned the legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones, the great Charlie Watts died on August 24 in the age of 80. Sportsmen gather after the disappearance of Hubert Auriol. The Dakar legend died on January 10 at the age of 68. The policy, for its part, pays tribute to the courage and tenacity of Marielle De Sarnez, who died on January 13, to the former minister Paul Quilès, who died of cancer at the age of 79.
“The Boss” is gone
And then on October 3, all of Marseille mourns its champion. Bernard Tapie, “the man of a thousand lives” fought for many years against the disease, he died at the age of 78. Cancer is also the disease against which geneticist Axel Khan fought for many years. The former president of the league against cancer was finally, in his words “was caught by the patrol” on July 6. He was 76 years old.