Several hundred people pay their last respects to Guy Marchand in Mollégès, in Bouches-du-Rhône

It was in Mollégès, in the Alpilles, where he lived, that the funeral of the actor and musician took place.

Several hundred people paid a final tribute on Wednesday, December 27 to the actor and singer Guy Marchand, in Mollégès, a picturesque village in the Alpilles (Bouches-du-Rhône) where he lived in recent years.

After a religious ceremony in the Saint-Pierre-es-Liens church in Mollégès, long applause punctuated the placement in the funeral vehicle of the coffin of the former detective Nestor Burma, who died in Cavaillon (Vaucluse) on December 15. A photo of the artist playing the clarinet, one of his favorite instruments, accompanied by one of his hats, was placed on the coffin.

“What I liked about him? Everything… the physique, the voice. He could do everything. He was such a brilliant man, a good crooner, a good artist,” 76-year-old admirer Suzette Ricciotti told AFP.

“A joyful and festive moment”

Others regretted the absence of personalities at the funeral, like Mireille and Alain Bouterin, admirers of the singer: “We are very sad to see that no one from showbiz accompanied this great man, who was still a great actor and a great singer, a great musician, a very beautiful person.”

Several of the musician friends of the author of Destiny, The Passionata Or I am tango were present to make this gathering a moment “joyful and festive”, as requested by her children, Ludivine and Jules Marchand.

“He’s a man with a heart like that. And today, it was me who left with him. He was a man who helped everyone,” “Mickey”, his bodyguard for 45 years, also said with emotion.

César for best supporting role

In addition to his career as a singer, Guy Marchand has several nominations for the César for Best Supporting Role. He won this award once, in 1982, when he played one of the police officers of Jail by Claude Miller, where Lino Ventura plays the main role.

He had appeared in many feature films, including comedies, such as The Under-Gifted on vacation And Ripoux against scoundrel by Claude Zidi, Little idiot by Gérard Lauzier, My wife… her name is Maurice by Jean-Marie Poiré and appeared in the series Ten percent And The Old Minute.