Marcel Marceau Dead at 84

[Kizarvexius]

I think it is only appropriate that his life and work be honored with a standing ovation – each person using one hand only.

[Boulter_s_Canary]

Learn the words.

[Walloon]

Even his funeral sounds beautiful. From CNN:

Before the rabbi’s homage, Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 21” played.

The rabbi read three psalms, in Hebrew and then in French, and spoke about Marceau’s life. He said “his silence, his equanimity” had helped Marceau avoid capture by the Nazis, two qualities that “forever marked his life.”

After a reading of the Mourner’s Kaddish and other Jewish prayers, a cellist played the sarabande from Bach’s “Suite No. 5.” A fine rain fell and wind kicked up autumn leaves.