The actor and singer Guy Marchand, known for the title “Destinée” and his role in “Nestor Bruma”, died this Friday, December 15 at the age of 86.
16:45 – Many film roles for Guy Marchand
Nestor Bruma and his musical hits should not erase the great film career of Guy Marchand either. The actor who died this Friday at the age of 86 has played with great French directors since the 1970s, from François Truffaut (A beautiful girl like me) to Claude Miller (Police custody, Deadly hike) via Bertrand Tavernier (Wipe) to Maurice Pialat (Loulou) and Philippe de Broca (Tender chicken) and Claude Zidi (Ripoux versus Ripoux, The Under-Gifted on Vacation). He continued to be very active late in his life, last performing in The most beautiful to go dancing by Victoria Bedos. The film was released in 2023.
16:30 – He played himself in “Ten Percent”, except for one big detail
On television, Guy Marchand also made an appearance in the hit series Ten percent. The principle ? We follow a star agency in which several actors, generally invited for an episode, play their own role (and often make fun of each other). The actor and singer appeared in season 2 of the France 2 series. But he plays with his image, since in the series, we can see him having absences. However, this is not a real event that Guy Marchand experienced: his role is inspired by François Périer, who really had memory problems due to his Alzheimer’s disease at the end of his life.
16:13 – A crooner’s voice to sing “Destinée” and “La Passionata”
When he was not devoting himself to his career on screen, Guy Marchand maintained his reputation and his crooner’s voice. The actor did not only sing, since he also played the clarinet and saxophone, recalls Le Figaro. His first hit, “La Passionata”, was released in 1965. But it was for “Destinée”, composed by Vladimir Cosma, that he became known to several generations, in 1982. This title was first created for the film “Les sous-doués en vacances”, by Claude Zidi, in which he also plays. We will also hear it in the cinema during a slow scene from “Santa Claus is trash”. Since then, it has become a cult song!
15:58 – Nestor Burma, the series that made Guy Marchand a star
Guy Marchand was a true jack of all trades, navigating between film and television sets and recording studios. But one role will always stick with him: that of Nestor Burma, whom he played in the series of the same name from 1991 to 2003. As a reminder, he played this private detective born from the imagination of the writer Léo Malet for eight seasons, facing Sophie Broustal, Natacha Lindinger, Patrick Guillemin and even Jeanne Savary and Pierre Tornade.
15:47 – Guy Marchand had health problems
If his children did not specify the causes of Guy Marchand’s death, the actor did not hide having fought the disease in the past. Even as a child, he had battled tuberculosis. In 2002, he suffered from prostate cancer. In recent years, however, he had not publicized his state of health, simply letting the Parisian know in 2021 that he suffered from gallbladder problems and shortness of breath. He still continued to act in cinema or on television.
15:38 – When Guy Marchand confided in his death
Guy Marchand died this Friday at the age of 86, but had already been thinking about his death for several years. To Le Parisien, in 2021, he explained that he “rehearsed his death in cinema and television like that, it’s almost already done”. On BFM TV, he added thinking “constantly” about his own death. “Death is killing me. It’s like a woman. I’ve been flirting with her my whole life and at some point you’ll have to sleep with her. And like all men, I wouldn’t want to miss it, even if it means taking a Viagra pill so as not to miss it!”
15:18 – What are the causes of Guy Marchand’s death?
For the moment, the causes of Guy Marchand’s death have not been specified. In a press release, his children Jules and Ludivine simply announced that he “passed away peacefully this Friday (…) at Cavaillon hospital” this Friday, December 15. In the past, the actor and singer had had health problems: he had recovered from prostate cancer, diagnosed in 2002, and suffered from “gallbladder problems and shortness of breath”, as he confided. in 2021 at Parisian.
15:14 – Guy Marchand died at 86
The actor and singer Guy Marchand has left us: this is what his children announced to Agence France-Presse this Friday, December 15, 2023. The circumstances surrounding his death have, for the moment, not been were clarified by his relatives who shared the sad news: he “passed away peacefully this Friday (…) at Cavaillon hospital”, they simply indicated. He was 86 years old.