"We are going to bury them together, as we knew them together," slips Alice, fan of inseparable twins, at the foot of the Madeleine church.
Behind her, the hearse chests have just closed on the two light wood coffins containing the remains of Igor and Grichka.
This Monday, January 10, a tribute ceremony, bringing together the relatives of the deceased and their early fans, was organized in the VIIIth arrondissement of Paris.
“Finding out about the death of one of the Bogdanov brothers comes as a shock. But two… Even more, ”testifies Maroine, a young man in his twenties who came to attend the funeral. "It's very moving, that's why I came today to pay homage to them," he adds, confident to be dazzled by the intelligence of the twins he had the opportunity to see at the theater and television. “They enchanted our children for years with“ Temps X ”… They grew up with them, remembers Michelle, a retired Parisian. We did not miss this show! », She adds, smiling behind her FFP2 mask.
Unvaccinated, the TV star science twin brothers have died a week apart from the coronavirus. Grichka December 28 and Igor January 3. "I do not understand why they were not vaccinated", regrets André, a photo of his two idols hanging on his jacket. "It's too late now ... We believed them immortal, however," blows the retiree who had the opportunity to meet the two brothers at the Parisian hotel where he worked. “I got to know them, served them and all that… It's important that I'm here today,” he explains.
More famous heads also stand out among the crowd.
Luc Ferry, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, Cyril Hanouna and Francis Lalanne were present to pay a final tribute to the Bogdanovs.
After this ceremony, the hearses took the direction of Gers, their native department, where Igor and Grichka will be buried in the strictest privacy.