"Victim of a skiing accident" on Tuesday, the actor "died", his family said in a brief statement sent to AFP on Wednesday by his agent.
The actor who was spending a family vacation in Savoie collided on Tuesday afternoon with another skier at the crossroads of two blue slopes, according to a spokeswoman for the La Rosière resort.
Seriously injured, he was transported by helicopter to the University Hospital of Grenoble, where he died.
The second skier did not need to be airlifted, according to the spokesperson.
"The accident occurred yesterday at 3:58 p.m. (...) This collision caused the fall of the most severely affected victim, Gaspard Ulliel, who was therefore then taken care of by our trackers, by the doctor of station then by medical helicopter rescue.
He was transferred by helicopter to Grenoble by the rescue helicopter," Jean Regaldo, director of the Rosière ski area, told AFP.
The announcement Wednesday morning of this accident revived the memory of other personalities who were victims of ski accidents.
The CHU of Grenoble had already admitted at the end of 2013 the German star of Formula 1 Michael Schumacher, hospitalized for six months after a fall against a rock which occurred while he was skiing off-piste with his son in Méribel (Savoie).
Actor Gaspard Ulliel at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 Laurent EMMANUEL AFP / Archives
He had finally left the hospital in June 2014 in a vegetative state to be installed in a medical bed in his family's Swiss villa in Gland (canton of Vaud).
Located on the borders of the French and Italian Alps, La Rosière is a Savoyard family resort with reputedly easy slopes, but where the risk of collisions is present, such as in Flaine (Haute-Savoie), where a five-year-old British girl died this weekend. -end after being hit by a 40-year-old man who was skiing at excessive speed.
"That certain gaze"
The death of Gaspard Ulliel, an already accomplished actor and angel face, sparked a flood of emotional reactions from colleagues, distributors (Gaumont, UGC) and members of the government.
“Gaspard Ulliel grew up with the cinema and the cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly. reacted Prime Minister Jean Castex on Twitter.
Actor Gaspard Ulliel in May 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival for the film "Saint-Laurent" Alberto PIZZOLI AFP / Archives
"His sensitivity and the intensity of his acting made Gaspard Ulliel an exceptional actor. Cinema today is losing an immense talent. I send my condolences to his loved ones and my loving thoughts to all those who mourn him today. today," said Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot.
Pierre Niney, who had also played Yves Saint Laurent on screen, and won the César for this role, said he was "heartbroken".
"Gaspard was benevolence and kindness. Beauty and talent," he said on Twitter.
Gaspard Ulliel was known to the general public for films such as "A Long Engagement Sunday" (2004) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Saint Laurent" (2014) by Bertrand Bonello and "Juste la fin du monde" (2016) by Xavier Dolan, who had won him the César for best actor in 2017. He played a writer there reuniting with his family after twelve years of absence, to whom he came to announce his impending death.
Gaspard Ulliel, César for best young male hope for his role in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film "A Long Engagement Sunday", February 26, 2005 in Paris FRANCOIS GUILLOT AFP / Archives
During an eclectic career, he had toured alongside big names in French cinema, such as Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu.
With his slight scar linked to a dog scratch in childhood, he was also the face of a Chanel perfume.
He led a career in France but also internationally and will be featured in the Marvel series "Moon Knight" broadcast from March 30 on Disney +.
Actor Gaspard Ulliel at the Marrakech International Film Festival in December 2018 FADEL SENNA AFP / Archives
He was recently filming for a series of Xavier Giannoli expected on Canal +, reported his agent to AFP and had finished filming "More than ever", alongside Vicky Krieps and Liv Ullmann.
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