Every year, big stars from all walks of life retire. 2024 was no exception, as many artists said goodbye to us. Here is a reminder of those who left us this year…Actors, singers, writers, artists, politicians, creators… Many of them left us in this 2024. A look at the disappearances that shocked the world and France.
David Soule, actor
Backgrid USA / Bestimage — BestImage Actor David Soule, who played Hutch on the TV series “Starsky & Hutch,” has died at the age of 80 — Archive — David Soule David Soule, known for his role as Hutch on the TV series
“Starsky and Hutch,” died January 4. The actor died in London at the age of 80.
after a valiant battle .” His wife reported this.
Christian Oliver, actor
ALAIN ROLLAND / MAXIMA PROD / BESTIMAGE — BestImage 51-year-old actor Christian Oliver died in a plane crash — Christian Oliver at the premiere of the film “Leatherheads” at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood
Christian Oliver died in
plane crash off the coast of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on January 5. The 51-year-old actor
of the film “Saved by the Bell” was on board the plane with his two daughters, Madita and Annik, ages 10 and 12 respectively. Two teenage girls also died.
Franz Beckenbauer, football legend
Action Press / Bestimage — BestImage Franz Beckenbauer at the GTM Trophy Abend gala concert on August 22, 2005 Franz Beckenbauer was a football legend. A two-time world champion (once as a player in 1974, once as coach of the German national team),
The sports figure died on January 7 at the age of 78 after numerous health problems.
Patricia Coquatrix, heiress to the owners of Olympia
COADIC GUIREC / BESTIMAGE — BestImage Death of Patricia Coquatrix, Olympia in mourning — Patricia Coquatrix — Recording of the show “Vivement Dimanche, Special Olympia”, broadcast on May 2, 2010 The last of the Coquatrix clan,
Patricia Cocquatrix, died at the age of 83 on January 7. She passed away in Marrakech surrounded by her loved ones. With her death, the legendary Olympia Hall was orphaned by all those who brought it back to life in the mid-1950s.
Lawrence Badi, actress
Gouhier – Jacovides / Bestimage – BestImage Exclusive – behind the scenes of Laurence Badi – Recording of the performance “On the Boulevard Test” at the Théâtre Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris, France, October 10, 2016, broadcast on Friday, October 21, at 8:55 p.m. on France 3. On the stage of the Théâtre Porte-Saint-Martin, great French theater and film actors will reinterpret in their own way iconic scenes from the greatest boulevard plays, from “Oscar” to “Merry Holidays”, including “Cage of Fools”, “Dinner with Guilt”, “Thirteen at Table” and “Night of the Ivris”. An opportunity to tell the story of comic theater between the 1950s and 1990s, directed by Pierre Palmade. © Gouhier-Jacovides/Bestimage
Laurence Badi died on January 11 at the age of 96. She died in Brittany, where she had lived for part of the year. The actress was known for her numerous roles in theater, film and television, as well as for providing voiceover work for numerous dubbing projects.
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince
AGENCY / BESTIMAGE — BestImage Exclusive — Victor Emmanuel of Savoy and Marina Doria August 25, 1996 Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy,
husband of Clotilde Courot , lost his father on February 3. Prince
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy has died at the age of 86. He had been in hospital with a leg infection for several weeks before the princely family announced the news.
Robert Badinter, politician
AGENCY / BESTIMAGE — BestImage Robert Badinter — Evening of Friends of FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights Leagues) at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice of France,
died on February 9 at the age of 95 , leaving behind his wife Elizabeth and three children (Judith, Simone and Benjamin). Robert Badinter
made history, in particular, by abolishing the death penalty. His death was the occasion of a national tribute in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron.
Alain Dorval, actor
RINDOFF-GUIREC / BESTIMAGE — BestImage Exclusive — Alain Dorval (voice of Sylvester Stallone) with his family — The last stop in Paris during Laurent Gerry’s marathon tour (Olympia, Palais des Sports and finally the Théâtre Marigny) before performances in the provinces and abroad. Alain Dorval, a famous voice actor (he was the French voice of Sylvester Stallone),
died on the night of February 12-13 at the age of 77.
Father of Minister Aurora Berger , he had been battling cancer for years. He died at the Gustave Roussy Hospital, a cancer center in the Paris region.