Death of Michel Blanc: the Splendid troupe expresses its “immense pain”

Gérard Jugnot and Josiane Balasko reacted officially. Others have not yet had the strength.

“It was a hammer blow. Very sudden.” Gérard Jugnot was the first to announce the death of Michel Blanclast night, by posting this almost epidermal Insta story. Last night, his comrade from Les Bronzés left us and the whole troop of Spendid who is in mourning.

A few hours later, interviewed by RTL, Gérard Jugnot said his friend “met in 4th grade. And after that, I didn't let go“. He tells his sense of the response, on the screen as well as in the city: “It was the French Woody Allen !”

Josiane Balasko She wrote these few words on the networks to express her grief: “Michel my friend my brother my partner…”

In the same way, Bruno Moynot cries out his sadness: “Michael! I don't believe it! Collapsed“.

The director Patrice Lecontewho had rotated Michel Blanc in all three films The Bronzedamong others, told RTL that he did not realize: “I can't imagine he's no longer here. I don't understand…I'm wondering how this is possible. What I'm going to miss is him, who he was.”

Not everyone wanted to react publicly. So the troop of Splendid issued a joint statement to say, “with one voice, his immense pain“:

“Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Bruno Moynot, join with one voice to express their immense pain following the death of their friend and companion Michel Blanc. We warmly thank you for all your expressions of support and friendship. Thank you for respecting our silence and meditation.”