Marcel Marceau, RIP

A moment of silence for famed French mime Marcel Marceau who died yesterday. He was 84.
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• [Peter Swimm]

  My aunt was a patron of the arts, and got tickets to a number of events, and this was the single most boring show of my childhood by far. RIP for his legacy, but please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming

• [Paul]

  R.I.P. Marcel Marceau

  MY younger sister went to France with her boyfriend a few years ago hoping to meet him or visit his school and I’m not sure she did, though it is sad that he’s done his final act already.

• [CesarB]

  One of Marceau’s most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film:

  Silent Movie (YouTube Link)

• [CesarB]

  One of Marceau’s most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film:

  Silent Movie (YouTube Link)

• [microcars]

  I worked on a TV commercial with him for Kleenex in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

  I have a Polaroid of me and him and a box of Kleenex.

  somewhere

• [MiCroStoogE]

  #5:
  …please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming

  True. They won’t appreciate it, and a mime is a terrible thing to waste.

• [aixwiz]

  ( Waves goodbye. )

• [brooke]

  my grandfather is actually the cousin of marcel marceau. i was in france a few years ago and we tried visiting him, although we didn’t have any success. my friend actually lived in his village!

• [porkbarrel]

  I’m speechless.

• [gomer_is]

  I wonder what his last words were?

• [Paul Bowen]

  “I wonder what his last words were?”

  “Will someone PLEASE turn off that wind machine!”

• [louiemanno]

  That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau ….

  I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale.

  At least he has experience at being encased in a box.

  Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne.

  I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction.

  Life is short… the mime passes so quickly

  The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers

  In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture… if we all gestured.

  I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was.

  Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing.

  I’m here all week.

  Louie

• [louiemanno]

  That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau ….

  I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale.
  At least he has experience at being encased in a box.

  Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne.

  I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction.

  Life is short… the mime passes so quickly

  The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers

  In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture… if we all gestured.

  I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was.

  Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing.

  I’m here all week.

  Louie

• [petreboing]

  As the only French speaker on the stagecrew where he was appearing, I was recruited to be his assistent. His English was perfect and he truely needed no help so I got to watch him from the wings, both aspects of the performance.

• [Anonymous]

  I had the pleasure of being married to a woman who studied with Marcel Marceau. I remember when I first saw Marceau and I found him to be absolutely magical as a stage performer and mime. Marcel Marceau was an artist on the order of Chaplin… and was a man of DEEP artistic wealth. The world has lost a gem… and REAL artist. Marceau was a RARE gift, a special man and a GREAT PERFORMER who entertained the entire world. Long live Bip!!!

• [maingauche]

  I saw the best mimes of my generation destroyed by madness

• [Flying Squid]

  Warning: Sick joke-

  Now he really IS trapped in a box!

• [DragonPhyre]

  Well… we know he went quietly.

  *rimshot*

  Wow… It’s always the quiet ones.

  *rimshot*

  Now he really is trapped in a box.

  *rimshot*

  And finally…

  Well, at least we won’t hear from him again. Get it? hear? HA! Comedy.

• [Flying Squid]

  Everyone’s a critic.

• [ronbailey]

  I can’t believe either of you guys even went there – but I laughed my ass off both times…

• [kaosdevice]

  Would a moment of silence cause an irony-storm?

• [romulusnr]

  I feel like arguing that a moment of noise would be more appropriate.