Paris (AFP)
Comedian and humorist Guy Bedos, known for his ferocious sketches, his commitment to the left and his roles in films like "An elephant is very wrong", has died at the age of 85, his son Nicolas announced on Thursday social media.
"He was beautiful, he was funny, he was free and courageous. How proud I am to have had you as a father. Kiss (Pierre) Desproges and (Jean-Loup) Dabadie, since you are all in Paradise", said he writes on Instagram and Twitter.
The death of Guy Bedos comes a few days after that announced on Sunday of his friend, the lyricist Jean-Loup Dabadie, who notably wrote for him the sketch "Bonne fête Paulette".
Black foot born in Algiers in 1934, Guy Bedos became known thanks to biting sketches, in duet first with Sophie Daumier whom he married, including that devoted to the "dredge" which reveals them to the general public at the beginning from the 60s.
The consecration came in 1968 with only one on stage at Bobino, then roles on the big screen, very often in front of Yves Robert's camera.
His greatest successes are "An elephant that deceives enormously" (1976) and "We will all go to paradise" (1977). He also works for Marcel Carné, Claude Berri or Patrice Chéreau.
He has also appeared in many comic shows, of which he is the author, goes to the Zenith, triumphs at the Olympia with Muriel Robin. They obtain Victory 93 from the humorist.
This anguished tall man, with hair turned white over the years and with mischievous black eyes, also loved to play editorialists, attacking men of power and defending the undocumented and the steelmakers of ArcelorMittal.
Married 3 times - with Karen Blanguernon, Sophie Daumier (died in 2003, following a rare genetic disease) and Joëlle Bercot -, he is the father of 4 children, Leslie, Mélanie, Victoria and Nicolas, who has become a successful scriptwriter and director .
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