French Deathlist 2024

[La Tombe 354]

46 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

I didn't think it would get so much media coverage : all the tv channel and newspaper are live about it, the Elysee has published a statement, so did Macron and the PM. Anyway, he died from cardiac arrest after an anaphylactic shock in reaction to medication injected during a medical examination. Wonder which one of the Splendid's troup will be the next one to go ? 

After Pierre Christin yesterday, another French A-lister gone by tomorrow ? 

 

These news probably belong in the French speaking deathlist though but anyway, I get that it's becoming a French topic here, I don't mind 

His death is a shock ! In April, it was his last public apparition :

 

 

 

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

15 minutes ago, La Tombe said:

His death is a shock !

I know it's a shock, don't get me wrong, he was an A-List celeb I know that, but I feel like his death receives more media coverage and reaction than the one of Delon for example, which seems quite odd to me… maybe it's due to its age and unexpectedness… 

 

edit : he did receive a Mirror obit btw, not that it's important as he wasn't a ddp pick but still 

[Fantomasss 209]

I'm not surprised for media reaction. He was still active and Splendid has made lot of the Lost famous french movies !

Médias qualified him as a French Woody Allen about the kind of character he could be in his movies

[La Tombe 354]

Obituaries of Michel Blanc from American medias  (Variety), (TheHollywoodReporter)

[Sinbabad 1,128]

Actress Genevieve Grad, mostly know for her role as Louis de Funes daughter in the The Troops of Saint Tropez film series has died aged 80.

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

16th hit : Charles Dumont

 

will le Pen be the 17th ?  

[Fantomasss 209]

It's very sad, finally the author of "je ne regrette rien" is dead...

[Toast 16,167]

51 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

16th hit : Charles Dumont

 

Wow, I had no idea he was still alive.

[Book 3,572]

54 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

16th hit : Charles Dumont

 

A16th hit - this is really impressive! 

[Leon Brittan 294]

10 minutes ago, Book said:

 

A16th hit - this is really impressive! 

The Frenchies have been dropping like flies this year 

[Book 3,572]

3 minutes ago, Leon Brittan said:

The Frenchies have been dropping like flies this year 

 

At least one Deathlist that does well this year...

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

we're currently organizing our 2025 French list, hoping it'll be as good as this first edition turned out to be ! Last year was so disappointing in terms of french deaths that a lot of lingerers have finally proved to be good calls this year. What impresses me is the quality of hits : almost exclusively A-list and legends scoring this year (Delon, Badinter, Hardy, Presle, De Gaulle, Dumas…) 

I think we can expect a few more hits (Le Pen being the obvious one right now). A few immortals remain such as Morin, Chirac, Laborde, Chandernargor and Bouvard (who recently withdrew from his monthly radio chronicle due to health problem, 96 in a week or two) which, if they survives the year, bodes well for the future. Let's wait and see ! 

 

Obits for Dumont to come (and Delon which I completely forgot…)

[Fantomasss 209]

I'm not sure but I think that Dumont was the last celebrity still alive to have collaborated with Edith Piaf. Or do you know another people ?

I think to Line Renaud that Edith Piaf hated, who could be the last to have had an interaction with Piaf, but in a bad sense...

[Ulitzer95 12,701]

28 minutes ago, Fantomasss said:

I'm not sure but I think that Dumont was the last celebrity still alive to have collaborated with Edith Piaf. Or do you know another people ?

I think to Line Renaud that Edith Piaf hated, who could be the last to have had an interaction with Piaf, but in a bad sense...

Line Renaud, 96, WAS a collaborator of Piaf's though. She co-starred opposite Piaf in the movie Boum sur Paris (1953, wiki), so she counts. She also co-starred with Piaf in the 1951 movie Paris Still Sings (wiki).

Brigitte Bardot, 90, co-starred with Piaf in Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954, wiki).

Piaf also starred in an obscure Mexican film in 1958 called Música de siempre (wiki). At least 2 of her co-stars are still alive from that flick – American actress Tongolele, 92, and Mexican Golden Age child actress Angélica María, 80.

Mike Stoller, 91, co-wrote the music for her famous song "L'Homme à la moto", but as she covered the song rather than originally record, it's doubtful as to whether they actually collaborated. 

In terms of people who duetted with Piaf, I think they're all dead.

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

Edgar Morin… not dead, looking fantastic (if not a little thinner and speaking slower ?) on live TV a week or two ago at 193

[drol 12,019]

1 minute ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Edgar Morin… not dead, looking fantastic (if not a little thinner and speaking slower ?) on live TV a week or two ago at 193

Didn't realize he was that old.

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

13 minutes ago, drol said:

Didn't realize he was that old.

Ahah doesn’t look that old right ? Anyway 103, my bad*

[Steve 610]

Please let Le Pen be the 17th hit. 

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

Ran into this other French deahtlist a few years ago. It's the first year they did this good, I suggested a few names to them last year which were included. Interestingly enough, they got Patrice Lafont right even though he died of a sudden heart attack without prior health scare. 

Wonder if we might get in touch with them for a crossover… 

[La Tombe 354]

An other blow to the French cinema at the end of this year :

3 times Cesar-winning French actor Niels Arestrup is dead at 75. RIP 

[Lafaucheuse 4,054]

22 minutes ago, La Tombe said:

An other blow to the French cinema at the end of this year :

3 times Cesar-winning French actor Niels Arestrup is dead at 75. RIP 

Posted it in the foreign thread, completely unexpected and shocking, loving man and great actor 

[Spade_Cooley 9,569]

Him in The Beat My Heart Skipped might be the best cinematic performance of the 2000s, great loss.