The king of the absurd joke is dead… in Vannes.

After the death of Jean-Yves Lafesse, many personalities from the world of television and radio wanted to pay tribute to a hilarious comic, one of the pioneers of the hidden camera and telephone hoaxes.

"Madame Ledoux, toulis bernard .. bernard toulis bernard, the prefect who does not finish his sentences, Nicolas Hùlot in the toilets, .. the telephone" hoaxes "of #lafesse to Europe1 were pissed off", posted Christophe Dechavanne on Twitter, in reference to some of the mythical sketches of the one who was known mainly under the name of "Lafesse", his pseudonym (his name was in fact Jean-Yves Lambert).

Thomas Hugues also saluted the memory of a singular humorist with hilarious jokes.

“I learned of the death of Jean-Yves Lafesse when I entered Montcuq.

Truthful!

That would have made him laugh, that!

He posted.

Great sadness

Raphaël Mezrahi, very close to Jean-Yves Lafesse and whom he considered "the boss", for his part expressed his great sadness, explaining on Twitter and Instagram that he had not stopped "crying" since 'he had learned of his friend's death.

“Great sadness.

#jeanyveslafesse will no longer call on the phone.

Multiple memories of his singular humor in particular at the beginnings of @ canalplusfr in #zenith.

Thoughts for his family ", meanwhile wrote Michel Denisot, joined by the former president of Canal +, Pierre Lescure, who praised the humor of an artist" as much poet as hilarious, as amiable as it is mocking, surrealist and (very) honest man, free and against all social injustices ”.

Jean-Yves Lafesse suffered from Charcot's disease, diagnosed last year.

According to his family, who announced his death, his condition deteriorated rapidly in 24 hours.

He was 64 years old.

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