Impossible not to pay homage to him. A few minutes after the announcement of the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuel Macron wrote a little message on social networks in honor of the actor who died on Monday, September 6.
“He will forever remain The Magnificent. Jean-Paul Belmondo was a national treasure, full of panache and bursts of laughter, with loud words and swift body, sublime hero and familiar figure, tireless daredevil and magician of words. In him, we all found ourselves, ”we can read on the French president’s Twitter account.
He will forever remain The Magnificent. Jean-Paul Belmondo was a national treasure, full of panache and bursts of laughter, with loud words and swift body, sublime hero and familiar figure, tireless daredevil and magician of words. In him we all found ourselves. pic.twitter.com/4CVI9uwKLA
– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 6, 2021
To accompany this message, the president chose a photograph of the actor during his younger years. The photo, in black and white, shows him with a slight smile on his lips.
The two men had met before. Indeed, in 2019, Emmanuel Macron decorated “Bébel” during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace. The opportunity to give him the badge of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. It was not the actor’s first visit to the presidential palace, since François Hollande had presented him with the insignia of Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit.