A monument of cinema is gone. Jean-Louis Trintignant died this Friday, June 17, 2022, at the age of 91, his family announced to AFP. But what did the actor of the cult film die of? A man and a woman ? His wife Marianne Hoepfner Trintignant provided the answer to avoid any rumors.
In her press release, she said that Jean-Louis Trintignant had died at home, in the Gard, surrounded by his family. But, above all, she clarified that the actor was simply dead “peacefully, old age“. A rather sweet end when he had been suffering a lot for several years now. In 2017, we learned that he was the victim of prostate cancer. Then, subsequently, he had voluntarily chosen not to follow his treatment…
His ex-wife, director Nadine Trintignant, had provided details about the state of health of her former husband, whom she still saw from time to time. Asked about Cnews in November 2021, she said then: “He has, you know, this sugar disease, diabetes. He didn’t want to go on a diet. He said: ‘I’m not changing anything in my life’ and as he is very honest, now he says: ‘I wanted it, it was a choice I made’. He loses his sight, he can no longer walk well. He’s not well, no, he’s not well.“Terrible news that echoed that reported by the magazine Paris Match in the same period. “Recently, she went to Collias to see Jean-Louis. He is no longer in good shape. Diabetic, he gradually loses his sight. The disunited lovers, great-grandparents, discussed for four hours everything from old estrangements“, could we read in the pages of the magazine.
Despite these major health problems, Jean-Louis Trintignant claimed to find comfort with his grandchildren, precisely. “They are wonderful and I love them. Well, when we have that, we haven’t missed everything. Yes, it’s worth living“, he had conceded in the pages of Nice morning in 2020. There is no doubt that his whole clan is today mourning his death and preparing for the farewells. The late actor had thought about his funeral and wanted it to be done in private.