This Thursday, October 6, a public religious tribute took place at the Saint François-Xavier Church in the 7th arrondissement of Paris to honor the memory of Charlotte Valandrey, who died last July at the age of 53. While her family, in particular her daughter Tara, was there (her sister Aude and her father Jean-Pierre Pascal were united), several personalities made the trip to say a last goodbye to the actress of tomorrow belongs to us. Among them, Dominique Besnehard, one of his greatest friends, the actors Ariane Séguillon, Alexandre Brasseur (on the arm of his companion Isabelle Regourd), Bernard Menez or even Dominique Guillo. Rachida Dati also wanted to be present for the tribute, like the first lady Brigitte Macron, with whom she spoke after the ceremony.
As a reminder, the one that had been revealed by the film red kiss died on July 13 at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris due to heart problems. “Her third heart did not survive“we learned on her official Instagram account this summer, when she had been facing health concerns since her adolescence because she had been diagnosed with HIV at the age of 17 before being victim of two heart attacks because of his treatment against HIV.
A mother “like no other”
The emotion was at its peak for Tara, who has always been very close to her mother. The latter, revealed by the film red kiss, had already spoken about her fusional relationship with her only child. “I have hit rock bottom in the past and in those times my daughter was my strength.“, she had declared in the pages of Gala four months before her death, while promoting her book Reconcile with yourself published by Robert Laffont. She had also had more difficult words for him, mentioning the possibility of not surviving his health worries.
“If it were to happen again, I would of course think about it, but something has changed… If I really didn’t see the end of the tunnel, it’s not Tara who would make me stay here… I know , it’s hard what I say…“, she confessed. “I was not a mother like other mothers. With mine, I had breakfast in the morning, lunch at noon, I never ate in the canteen. These are things I didn’t do for Tara.” she also regretted. His daughter had sent him a touching tribute during his funeral: He was the strongest person I knew, with the greatest rage to live.“