The autopsy will take place at the beginning of the week, but this Saturday morning, the investigators seem to favor the trail of suicide after the death by firearm the day before of Michel Cordes. At least that’s what the prosecution told AFP.
“According to the information we have, Mr. Cordes would have voluntarily committed suicide by firearm at his home in Grabels “, a small town near Montpellier, explained Jean-Christophe Tixier, deputy prosecutor.
First tributes
The investigation into the causes of death, which is systematically opened in the event of the discovery of a corpse “should make it possible to confirm or invalidate this hypothesis”, he added. The actor, who played the boss of Le Mistral café in the cult television soap opera in France, which ended at the end of 2022, was found dead at his home on Friday afternoon.
Actors of the series have expressed their sadness and their incomprehension like Jérôme Bertin who remembers on Instagram his “mischievous gaze” as his “jovial wisdom” and his voice. “Farewell my dear, my tender Michel, fake grumpy and really nice. Laugh in peace”, adds the actor who played Patrick Nebout in “Plus belle la vie”.
Pierre Martot, alias Commissioner Léo Castelli, considers him on the same social network that he was “the living embodiment of something very deep in this country – it is for this reason that people have so much like “.