Overview

• Two men aged 39 and 58 have been held in custody on suspicion of involuntary homicide after finding Kupferman unresponsive in a private lodging in Fontainebleau.
• According to police sources, all three had consumed synthetic drugs during the night, and the two associates discovered the 59-year-old around 8 a.m., performed CPR and alerted emergency services.
• Forensic experts are conducting an autopsy and toxicology tests to determine whether synthetic substances triggered his fatal collapse.
• Kupferman was an influential essayist and communication consultant, a Grand Orient de France Freemason, and advised the Culture Ministry in the 1990s on republican and civic values.
• He led the ‘Osez Joséphine’ petition that secured Joséphine Baker’s entry into the Panthéon, and cultural organizations have paid tribute to his legacy.