The funeral of Robert Hossein, who died Thursday the day after his 93 years, will be celebrated Wednesday, January 6 without family intimacy in Vittel, announced his wife the actress Candice Patou. The immense artist resided with his wife in this town in the Vosges.
Mass will take place at Saint-Rémy church with only 70 people due to sanitary standards, report Vosges Morning.
Another mass for him in January in Paris
“For the public and the artist friends of Robert, there will be a commemorative mass in Paris in January,” she added, specifying that the director and monument of the popular theater had died in a clinic near Nancy. “He did not die of the coronavirus,” she further indicated.
“Robert loved the public. I am overwhelmed by the countless testimonies of anonymous people and I thank them from the bottom of my heart,” said Candice Patou.
“With the city of Vittel, we are considering the creation of a Robert Hossein foundation and a museum to perpetuate his memory,” said the actress.
Unforgettable Count of Peyrac
Unforgettable Count of Peyrac in the cinematographic saga of “Angélique” and famous for his mega-productions on stage, Robert Hossein shot dozens of films from 1948 to 2019, notably giving the reply to Brigitte Bardot in The rest of the warrior (1962) and becoming Roger Vadim’s favorite actor (Vice and Virtue in 1963, Barbarella in 1968).
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