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Isabelle Mergault’s Funeral Set for March 30 in Paris

The arrangements invite a public goodbye at a secular ceremony open to fans.

Overview

  • Her agent, speaking to AFP Monday, set a secular ceremony under the dome at Père-Lachaise for 10:30 on March 30 with burial to follow at Montmartre.
  • The public is invited to the 10:30 moment of remembrance, and flowers may be left at the Funérarium de Ménilmontant.
  • RTL plans a tribute broadcast that afternoon from 3:30 p.m. led by Laurent Ruquier and the Grosses Têtes team.
  • Mergault died Friday, March 20, at 67 after cancer, according to reports from French outlets that cited her family and agent.
  • Over more than four decades she became a familiar voice in French comedy and won the 2007 César for best first film for Je vous trouve très beau, starring Michel Blanc.