“We just lost two great animators”, declared Monday, January 3 on franceinfo the lawyer of the Bogdanoff brothers, after the death of Igor, six days after his brother Grichka. According to master Édouard de Lamaze, the twins had planned to host their flagship show “Temps X” again but “everything is stopped by death”. “They weren’t anti-vaccines”, also wishes to clarify the lawyer while the two brothers both died of Covid-19, according to him.
franceinfo: What is your reaction after the death of Igor Bogdanoff?
Édouard de Lamaze: Beyond the sadness and condolences we send to the family, there is the realization that we have just lost two great artists, two great animators and good friends of viewers since the 80s. big projects. Everything is stopped by death.
In particular, they had planned to host their flagship show “Temps X” again?
Yes, the idea arose that they could revive this popularization of scientific experiments and scientific knowledge through new means of communication, the Internet and all means of participatory exchange, so that, basically, people reconnect with the science that has become more and more inaccessible. They said that it had to be brought back to the ideas of each and to the knowledge of each.
It is disturbing that these two brothers inseparable in life die a few days apart.
It is absolutely unbelievable. We couldn’t have written it. That said, they almost wanted it to be like this. For them it was such a permanent fellowship. When I received them at my office, they always came both, always spoke one after the other and never contradicted each other. They only complemented and enriched each other’s words. It was exceptional.
The Bogdanoff brothers also experienced some setbacks in the early 2000s with a controversy over the validity of their scientific work … Is it their mistrust today towards vaccines that cost them their lives?
Not at all. To have really dealt with this CNRS file that you mentioned, it is not at all the same approach. There, there was a completely unfounded accusation about the reality of their work. Now they had a look at the vaccine and were well aware of the principle. They had also taught it thanks to NGOs around the world. It was not at all an obstacle for them. They weren’t anti-vaccines. So now, we can ask ourselves the question: “Why weren’t they vaccinated?” There, we enter a much more intimate field, which is that of medical confidentiality and modesty. It is certainly not for me, lawyer, to ask the question.