Marcel Marceau Dead at 84

[xiix]

I’m Utterly SPEECHLESS!

*edit, dangit, someone beat me to the punch. *

Words cannot describe how I feel.

[Musicat]

From the link in the OP:

With his brother Alain, Marceau became active in the French Resistance. Marceau altered children’s identity cards, changing their birth dates to trick the Germans into thinking they were too young to be deported. Because he spoke English, he was recruited to be a liaison officer with Gen. George S. Patton’s army.

In 1944, Marceau’s father was sent to Auschwitz, where he died.

Later, he reflected on his father’s death: “Yes, I cried for him.”

But he also thought of all the others killed: “Among those kids was maybe an Einstein, a Mozart, somebody who (would have) found a cancer drug,” he told reporters in 2000. “That is why we have a great responsibility. Let us love one another.”

He was more than a mime. He spoke to all of us.

[cochrane]

@MadTheSwine

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@NoClueBoy

NoClueBoy sad

I came in to say “I’m speechless!”, but MadTheSwine and NoClueBoy spoke their thoughts more eloquently than anyone could hope to achieve.

• golf clap *

Bravo! Bravo!

[JThunder]

@Musicat

He was more than a mime. He spoke to all of us.

No, he didn’t.

[matt_mcl]

The rest is, dare I say it, silence.

[Marley23]

@ASAKMOTSD

Since Harpo Marx is dead, most likely it will be Shields & Yarnell.

With the eulogy from Teller.

I was going to say I was most moved by the Holocaust quotes I read in his obit, but then I remember I’ve actually seen him perform. I was maybe 10, so I wish I had some stronger memories of it.

[Count_Blucher]

according to this link:

“Marceau died Saturday in Paris, French media reported. Former assistant Emmanuel Vacca announced the death on France-Info radio, but gave no details about the cause.”

Perhaps Mr. Vacca gave the details in Mime…?

[mobo85]

@DSYoungEsq

It makes me remember one moment on Mork and Mindy when Robin Williams is going through a bin of records in the music store and pulls one out, and says it’s the Greatest Hits of Marcel Marceau. I cracked up quite hard. IIRC, he tosses the record itself away as worthless but asserts that the jacket can be used to dice and slice…

Apparently, there actually was a gag Best of Marcel Marceau album. Both sides are blank, except for some applause at the very end.

And he apparently inspired the Moonwalk!

[Khampelf]

CNN is saying the French media is giving no details on his death.

I hope he died quietly at home, surrounded by loved ones.

[Johnny_L.A]

Interesting stuff:

A French Jew, Marceau survived the Holocaust – and also worked with the French Resistance to protect Jewish children…

With his brother Alain, Marceau became active in the French Resistance. Marceau altered children’s identity cards, changing their birth dates to trick the Germans into thinking they were too young to be deported. Because he spoke English, he was recruited to be a liaison officer with Gen. George S. Patton’s army.

[Musicat]

Psst, Johnny L.A…well put, but check out post #42…

[Johnny_L.A]

@Musicat

Psst, Johnny L.A…well put, but check out post #42…

I missed that in all of the one-liners.

And anyway, there’s a War on. (Ken Burns’s film, which I’m watching.)

[Musicat]

@Johnny L.A.

And anyway, there’s a War on. (Ken Burns’s film, which I’m watching.)

Who’s winning? Ken or Burns?

[mamboman]

You know, he never struck me as the kind to go quietly…

[Annie-Xmas]

Silent but dead.

[Ludovic]

@Wile E

It was like he was the only mime, and now the world will be mimeless.

In his way, he did a little toward the eradication of land mimes.

[CalMeacham]

I was amazed that he was only 84. He seemed to be around forever. I grew up watching him on TV, and finally saw him perform live on stage when I was in grad school. He must have been much younger than I thought at that time.

Great performance, of course. I hadn’t heard of him performing in ages. Was he still at it? If not, when did he retire?

[Annie-Xmas]

Will it be an open casket? Will he be wearing makeup?

[Loach]

I knew if I came here there would be the proper level of respect and reflection.

When my wife told me about this I immediately said “He died quietly in his sleep.” She looked at me like I just drowned a puppy. No one appreciates me.

[Surok]

@jjimm

I’m speechless.

Eh. I’m not going to even try. I’m sad now.