Mime Marcel Marceau dies at age 84

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

France

Other stories from France

• 3 December 2009: FIFA to make changes after Thierry Henry handball
• 21 November 2009: Large Hadron Collider restarted
• 20 November 2009: Ireland requests replay of FIFA World Cup play-off with France
• 19 November 2009: Uruguay qualify to take last spot in 2010 FIFA World Cup
• 19 November 2009: UN criticises Israel's latest settlement plan, angry reaction from US and UK

...More articles here

Location of France

To write, edit, start or view other articles on France, see the France Portal

Mime Marcel Marceau in 1977.
Image: US Federal Government.

The French mime Marcel Marceau died at age 84 yesterday in Paris. Emmanuel Vacca, Marceau's former assistant, announced his death on a French-Info radio station. Media reports also indicated his death was announced by his family.

Marceau appeared on stage for over 50 years without uttering a word. But, the off-stage chatty Marceau once said, "Never get a mime talking. He won't stop." His last known international tour was in 2005.

Prime Minister Francois Fillon said, "The mime Marceau will forever be the character of Bip."

Marceau was a French Jew who survived the Holocaust. Marceau was born as Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France on March 22, 1923.

No details about the cause of death or the funeral arrangements were immediately clear.

Sources

Wikipedia has an article about Marcel Marceau.

• "Le mime français Marcel Marceau est mort". Le Monde, September 23, 2007
• AP "Mime legend Marcel Marceau dies". CNN, September 23, 2007
• Reuters "French mime artist Marcel Marceau dies". Reuters, September 23, 2007
• Associated Press "Grand master of mime, Marcel Marceau, dies". CBC News, September 23, 2007
  

Share this:

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable. Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections. Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.