Marcel Marceau has died

[GlobalObserver]

[saildog]

[batmanmc]

rest in peace he did some nice stuff.

[toys2cool]

I really don't know who he was,but RIP buddy

[Captain]

He was a famous mime.....probably the only famous mime, something I doubt will ever change. (no disrespect to the deceased).

[johnmiic]

toys2cool,

Think Shields and Yarnel, the mime artists in the USA. Only he was on the scene years before them and probably 10 times better at mime than them. I never saw him preform tho.

I do recall a Monty Python bit where Ghrame Chapman parodied him and they said,

"And now Marcel Marceau being hit by a 16 ton wieght.", and then the fake 16 ton weight prop falls on him and he mimes it as it actually falls on him. I hope he had a sense of humor about that. I thought it was funny. Still do.

[Wee67]

Shields and Yarnel! Wow, there's a blast from the past.

Marceau was a bilion times more famous. I really think he's the only mime most could ever name (except for John )

I'm sorry, but when I heard the news, I could only think of people making silent, exaggerated tear-wiping gestures.

[jwyblejr]

I really don't know who he was,but RIP buddy

Ever see Silent Movie? He was in there. Was the only one who spoke in it.

[Hulk]

No comment.

[Sowth]

No comment.

Nice one!

I heard that he will be honoured in Paris tomorrow at 11am with one minute of noise.

Will

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

To paraphrase George Carlin:

"No last words, but some interesting last gestures."

Don C.

[thunderbolt]

So, will they put him in the casket posed like he's trying to find his way out of a box???

[Adam West]

When I was in Elementary School, I remember a mime came to school and did all of his tricks...trapped in a box, pretending to go up and down elevators and escalators. I still remember it vividly and every once in a while will try to do one of my lame attempts for my kids (although they do buy my walking down the steps) in back of the sofa.