Marcel Marceau Is Dead
This Is This has just learned that the great mime artist Marcel Marceau is dead.
Apparently he was pushing a balloon in the wind when he became locked in an invisible box. People just stood around and clapped.
Tragic.
Witnesses at the scene say his last words were
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Oh, come on…
So! Hear any good jokes lately?
…inaudible but he gestured with his gloved hands and clutched his stripey heart!
His last breath was reputed to have sounded like ‘Peeeep’!
Dammit, Cliff, I wish I was even 1/8 as funny as you.
What? I thought that was good!
I’ve not seen a photo of him without stage makeup before. He looked almost exactly the same.
I have to say, that he said a lot about the universal condition of Man without saying a word.
Ed – yeah I did that here on Wednesday and Thursday last week.
You know I’m just messing around. The world has lost a talent. He did a lot to bring the tradition of mime to television.
Not so much to radio. But seriously.
Thanks Katy. Awful. Just awful.
Gosh, he looked like Dame Barbara Cartland with his makeup on.
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