He broke his silence a month after Michel Blanc’s death. In an interview with Le Parisien , the actor spoke of the sudden death of his friend Michel Blanc, who died suddenly on October 3 at the age of 72. When asked why the cast expressed so little – with the exception of Josiane Balasko (very briefly) at the funeral – Thierry Lhermite cuts to the chase: “ We didn’t feel like it. We don’t have to share our pain. I don’t feel any obligation whatsoever, especially in the heat of the moment. “

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A few days before the release of the book Le Splendid par le Splendidpublished on November 21 to mark the troupe’s 50th anniversary, Thierry Lhermite agreed to describe his reaction when he received the book to make his corrections at the end of September: “ I found the texts so warm. At first, I only read what I’d written to check out the bullshit. The day Michel died, I didn’t sleep, I read everything he’d written, it upset me. And then I read what everyone else had done, and it was so nice. These are love letters we write to each other. “he confides to Parisien. Before concluding: “ What I said to Michel in it was recorded a month before he died, and I was happy for him to discover it, but he probably didn’t have time to read it. The press release was three days before his death. Did he read the whole thing? I’m not sure. “

Before his death, the unforgettable Jean-Claude Dusse had, like all his comrades, contributed to the book Le Splendid par le Splendid, by commenting on photos of his choice, from the high school years to shots of the César d’honneur awarded to Le Splendid in 2021.