Guy Marchand, who died this Friday, December 15, 2023, was a Sarthois at heart. In 2004, in an interview titled “Guy Marchand, apprentice crooner at Vivoin”, the actor-singer confided to the editorial staff ofWest France his childhood memories, in northern Sarthe.
“My parents bought a house between Juillé and Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. Between the ages of 10 and 14, I spent three months of the year there to treat the beginnings of tuberculosis. declared Guy Marchand, who had remembered his frequent stays “at Maître Vannier, who had a beautiful farm, at a place called La Petite Falaise, in Juillé”.
Precise, Mister Guy. “There was barely electricity, they kicked my ass on a Percheron and it was there that I discovered the world of horses,” continued the polo lover.
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“The great era of the bocage”
“It was the great era of the bocage. We could pick blackberries, the girls could run under the shelter of the hedges. My first flirtation was in August, at the Beaumont-Vivoin swimming pool. » A touching and slightly flattering confidence, when we know the seducer that Guy Marchand subsequently became, a prominent figure in cinema and television in France for decades.
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Guy Marchand, singer and crooner, gave a concert in 2004 in Le Mans. | ARCHIVES See full screen Guy Marchand, singer and crooner, gave a concert in 2004 at Le Mans. | ARCHIVES
In the interview, Guy Marchand spoke of Le Mans, where he came to give a concert, with his child’s eyes: “Le Mans was New York, the city of lights. » Here again, little Guy must have seen other cities of light in his career. With his outspokenness, the former vacationer from northern Sarthe also confided being “back in the area” : “It has completely changed, the countryside has been massacred. But I kept good memories. »
2023-12-15 16:59:08
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