The funeral of actor and singer Guy Marchand, famous for his role as detective Nestor Burma on television and popular songs like Destinée, died Friday at the age of 86, will take place on December 27 in Mollégès (Bouches-du -Rhône), his children announced to AFP.
“A ceremony will be held at 8:45 a.m. in the St Pierre-es-Liens church in Mollégès in honor of Guy Marchand. In accordance with his wish, this will be followed by a joyful and festive gathering open to people wishing to pay tribute to him,” said Ludivine and Jules Marchand.
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The family of the actor and singer “invites in particular the musicians who worked with him to participate in this commemoration by coming to play if they wish”. Guy Marchand died “peacefully” at Cavaillon hospital (Vaucluse), according to a previous press release from his children to AFP.
In addition to his career as a singer, he has several nominations for the César for best supporting role. He obtained this reward once, in 1982, when he played one of the police officers in Claude Miller’s Garde à vue, where Lino Ventura played the main role. In a press release on Wednesday, Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak paid tribute to the “French crooner” and “the facetious and brilliant actor who was part of the cultural heritage of all French people for his songs and his legendary roles on television and at the cinema.
Jazzman, clarinetist, charming singer, Guy Marchand, the most polymorphous actor in French cinema, has played for the greatest from François Truffaut (Une belle fille comme moi, 1972) to Maurice Pialat (Loulou, 1980), Claude Miller ( Garde à vue, 1981) and Bertrand Tavernier. In addition to his rich filmography, he leaves behind great titles of French charming song. From Destiny to La Passionata and Moi je suis Tango.