Sad news for the team and viewers of
Plus Belle la vie
occurred this Friday, May 5.
Michel Cordes, who played Roland Marci, owner of the emblematic Le Mistral café, has died.
He was found shot dead at his home around 3 p.m.
The trail of suicide is privileged, the Montpellier prosecutor's office subsequently indicated.
He was 77 years old.
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It was three of his neighbors who discovered the body of the actor.
“The shutters had been closed for two days.
So, with my wife and a neighbor, we went to see what was going on.
We feared in particular a burglary, after a precedent in the district.
When we arrived in the dining room, we immediately understood that something was going on,”
confides one of them to our colleagues from
Parisian
.
As he alerted the firefighters, he noticed on the table of letters lined up
, "a letter for his daughter, one for the gendarmes and even a letter for the attention of the tax authorities"
.
Separated from his partner
“With hindsight, Michel had therefore prepared and organized everything so that we could discover him as easily as possible. He's been less talkative lately. When I met him, he no longer held the conversation”
analyzes this same neighbor.
He then evokes the separation with his companion who
“counted much more than anything”
.
Same story from the former owners of the house of Michel Cordes.
The actor had kept in touch with them, Elyane and Eugène, after the sale of the property.
“A month and a half ago, I felt a little worse morally.
His new partner, in the process of divorce, had finally just broken up with him.
He was sad, but from there to think of such a thing, surely not”
affirms Elyane.
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Michel Cordes maintained good relations with his neighbors who remember him as a
“friendly, open man, always ready to discuss, very simple and easy to approach”
.
The actor of
Plus belle la vie
had met them during a meal organized precisely by the sellers of his house to present the newcomer.
“It was the first time we met him.
It was a good time.
It happened in the paved courtyard behind the house, precisely where he chose to kill himself,”
testifies this same neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous.
