Fans of “Plus belle la vie” will find it hard to believe… Michel Cordes, the actor born on October 20, 1945 in Siran in the Hérault, was found dead at the age of 77, by a gun. fire, this Friday, May 5 as revealed by our colleagues from Free lunch. The actor who played Roland Marci, boss of the “Mistral” in the soap opera of France 3 was at his home in Grabels when his lifeless body was found.
The property is located at number 27 rue des Lavandes, in which Michel Cordes had moved for a year and a half, as our colleagues point out. The gendarmes of the company of Castelnau-le-Lez are currently conducting the investigation to find out the circumstances of the death. But no additional information is immediately available.
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Michel Cordes had said “farewell” to Roland Marci in “Plus belle la vie”
Michel Cordes held his role from 2004 to 2022 in the flagship series of France 3. If it is perhaps the “role” of his life, this will close the doors to him from the other filmings to which he aspired, as explained by our colleagues from Morandini. Indeed, he will be confined to the role of “Service Marseilles”.
He bows out to “More beautiful life” in October 2022, when he returns for the last time in the series of France 3. A special episode in which his character Roland Marci will lose his life. “Farewell” to the series, which will definitely bow out a month later. On September 28, 2022, he confided in the Parisian to discuss his departure from the series.
“I’m not very young anymore. I wanted to rest. Let’s say it’s not serious personally. But it’s a bit of a shame”he admitted before continuing: “lots of fans don’t want it to end. I didn’t think France Télévisions would stop it like that, brutally. I had imagined that I would distance myself, not that the soap opera would stop”. Fans who, today, mourn much more the disappearance of the actor, rather than that of the character…
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