Coluche

humorist and French actor, born on 28 October 1944 in the 14th district of Paris and died June 19, 1986 in Opio (Alpes-Maritimes). Son of Honorio Colucci, a native of a small Italian village in the region of Frosinone Casalvieri, and Simone Bouyer, it adopts lepseudonyme "Coluche" at the age of 26 years, at the beginning of his career. Claiming his rudeness but according to him, " without ever falling into vulgarity ", Coluche gives a very early in a new style and sarcastic by his freedom of expression, the music hall, especially addressing taboos, and the moral values etpolitiques of the contemporary society. In 1974, he became famous by parodying a game show : The Schmilblick. Prior to 1976, he held the roles of second plan in the cinema of camp characters who are more central and then to hold the top of the poster during the 1980s, mainly for comedies. In 1984, he won a César for best actor for his dramatic role in Chao Puppet. In turn provocateur or agitator by his position in society, it presents itself in the presidential election of 1981 before retiring. Become very popular and appreciated by the public, it founded in 1985, the association Les Restos du cœur, a relay of assistance to the poorest, a few months before dying in a motorcycle accident.