Olympique de Marseille has just lost one of its biggest supporters.
René Malleville passed away this Sunday, match day between Marseille and Rennes (5 p.m.).
On August 18, the 73-year-old OM fan announced that he had cancer.
“Good evening, I think it's time to tell you the truth.
Tomorrow, they put me a device to start the chemo sessions.
I am very well surrounded by my family, I have a high morale and the thousands of messages from you have a lot to do with it.
Thanks again, buddies, ”he posted on social networks.
It was his friend, Samuel Massilia, journalist and columnist on the program “Mon OM à Moi” on Radio Star who announced the news on Twitter.
“My pain is immense.
My strongest thoughts to her family who accompanied her to the end.
Rest in peace my guardian angel, ”he shared.
Messages of support poured in from all sides, OM's communications director, Jacques Cardoze, paid tribute on social networks to the "passionate and authentic man."
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We have just learned of the disappearance of René Malleville.
Passionate and authentic, he was a loyal supporter of @OM_Officiel A lifelong companion of @lephoceen
I extend my condolences to his family, loved ones and to the bereaved Marseille community 🙏 🔵⚪️
- Jacques Cardoze (@JacquesCardoze) September 19, 2021
René's Minute goes with him
But the man marked beyond the Marseillais, so much the character was emblematic with his "Minute" on the site of the Phocéen where he reviewed the performances of Marseille with his outspokenness.
“I swear it on the head of my 5 grandchildren, when we do the camera test, I don't know what I'm going to say.
I do not prepare anything, it's like in politics, I hate people who read their speeches, ”he confided in 2014. There, the whole club could take it for his rank.
A quick glimpse of the explosive personality of the man with white hair and piercing blue eyes, who arrived at the age of nine in the Marseille city. Outside the world of football, René Malleville was also a trade unionist. “I found everyone too soft, even the CGT, so I created the Syndicat des roulants et techniques: we blocked deposits, we burned working documents, we kidnapped the boss. Those of today haven't invented anything! »He blurted out in 2014. The Phocaean was present on all fronts. From bar manager to La Joliette, to the PS lists in 2008. Beyond a club, he will have marked an entire city.
