Were the Bogdanoff brothers (or Bogdanov) really broke as their friend Jean-Paul Enthoven (72 years old) recounted in the portrait he dedicated to them in Point, this Tuesday January 2022? Remarks by Grichka dating from April 2020 and found by Gala should sow doubt in the minds.
At the time, Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff gave an interview to Paris here. And the sale of the latter’s house, located near the Bois de Boulogne and bought in 1990, had been mentioned by his brother. Thus, the readers had learned that the father of Dimitri (born in 1976 from his former union with the actress Geneviève Grad) Sasha, Anna and Wencelas (32 years old, 30 years old and 27 years old born from his ex-marriage with Ludmillat d’Outremont ), Alexandre and Constantin (10 years and 7 years old that he had with Amélie de Bourbon-Parme) had withdrawn a good sum of money. “Igor sold his house last February for 1.5 million euros“, had revealed Grichka. A nice amount which should have enabled him to lead a good life.
But if we are to believe the words of their great friend Jean-Paul Enthoven, this was not the case. He knew them perfectly and was therefore one of the best placed to write about them. The opportunity for him to confide that the figures of Time X were “always broke“. They were even covered in debt according to him.”They lived for a long time in a medieval house where the electricity was cut and the rents unpaid, which did not matter. They had debts at the grocer, at the pharmacist, but they each repaid with a smile, like Don Juan with Monsieur Dimanche.“, can we read.
Fascinated by the Middle Ages, Igor Bogdanoff bought this house located in the 16th arrondissement. The building is said to be a former hunting lodge dating back to the 15th century and the late scientist – who like his brother was not vaccinated – quickly appropriated the place. He notably installed “himself the impressive set of beams he recovered in Poitou. A set well highlighted with nearly 4 meters high ceilings for the ground floor. The same goes for the monumental fireplace, arrived in spare parts and installed by the owner. A very gothic-medieval decor between wood, stone and tapestries“, specified Le Figaro.
It was on Monday January 3, 2021 that Igor Bogdanoff joined the stars he loved so much. The man died at the age of 72 from Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka, also affected by the virus which is gaining more and more ground. A disappearance that touched a lot and led to a wave of tributes on social networks.