French actor Gaspard Ulliel, famous for starring in Channel perfume ads and for his role in the new Marvel series
Moon Knight,
died on Wednesday at the age of 37 after suffering a skiing accident in the French Alps, the French office confirmed. your agent and local authorities.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ulliel — who also starred in the biopic about famous designer Yves Saint Laurent —
collided with another skier on a mid-piste
after turning left, presumably to join his friends on an adjoining piste, according to reports. reported Anne Gaches, prosecutor of Savoie in Albertville, in a statement issued this Wednesday.
Gaspard Ulliel was 37 years old. Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images
According to the preliminary investigation, "both skiers fell to the ground after the collision" and Ulliel was "immobile and unconscious when rescuers arrived."
Gaches said the other skier was uninjured.
Ulliel was airlifted to Grenoble University Hospital, where
doctors tried to revive him.
Gaches confirmed that the actor was pronounced dead shortly after four in the afternoon (local time).
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The office of the agent of the act did not give more details about the fact.
Jean Castex, Prime Minister of France, expressed his condolences through his Twitter social network account: "Gaspard Ulliel grew up with the cinema and the cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly."
Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, the French culture minister, said she was deeply saddened, describing the actor as "
a child prodigy of cinema
, who perfectly embodied the French style throughout the world."
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Following Ulliel's accident, the Rosiere ski area's mountain police service said its staff have been making five or six rescues a day as the snow has hardened.
With information from
The Associated Press