“I have the impression that tonight, all those who have known, done, watched, loved “Plus belle la vie” are orphans. Michel, our national Roland, is like a dad for all of us”, reacted on Instagram, Jérôme Bertin, who played captain Patrick Nebout between 2013 and 2022. “Always the mischievous look of the child he had known how to keep in him and at the same time this jovial wisdom, his smile and this voice, this voice which resounds in each one of us this evening, as if he were saying goodbye to us. Farewell Michael. Farewell my dear, my tender Michel, fake grumpy and real nice. Laugh in peace”.
“As if it weren’t real”
Same immense pain shared by Pierre Marto, alias the police officer Léo Castelli in the series. “Millions of people have recognized in you a father, a grandfather, a friend, a brother! You were the living embodiment of something very deep in this country – that’s why people loved you so much, ”says the actor.
Still on the Instagram social network, other actors paid tribute to Michel Cordes, such as Alexandre Fabre, interpreter of Charles Frémont, who simply posted a photo without the slightest comment, or Stéphanie Pareja (Jeanne Carmin in the series ) who wrote: “My Roland, I am devastated, this is horrible. »