An icon of elegance and comedy with an instantly
recognizable mustache, veteran French actor Jean Rochefort has died. The
prolific talent and three-time César Award winner was hospitalized in August
and passed away overnight Sunday, his family told AFP. He was 87. Rochefort was
born in Paris and began making movies in the 1950s. He grew to be one of
France’s favorite actors, appearing in other popular titles like Philippe de
Broca’s “Cartouche” with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale; Leconte’s “Les
Grands Ducs” and “Ridicule”; and Robert’s “Nous Irons Tous Au Paradis” and “Pardon
Mon Affaire” which Gene Wilder remade as “The Woman In Red” in 1984. Rochefort
supplied the French voice for Lucky Luke’s horse Jolly Jumper in 2004’s “The
Daltons”.
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