Stars of the 80s - Grichka Bogdanoff died of Covid, his hospitalized brother

Stars of the 80s - Grichka Bogdanoff died of Covid, his hospitalized brother

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Stars of the 80s - Grichka Bogdanoff died of Covid, his hospitalized brother

The twins, made famous by their science fiction program "Time X" on TF1, contracted the COVVIR which was right for one two.

Cosmonaut's outfits, controversial scientific works and faces of "extraterrestrials": Grichka Bogdanoff, one of the twins of the 80s and used to TV sets, died on Tuesday in Paris, at the age of 72, COVvid-19, against which he was not vaccinated.

"I do not think that it is necessary to take Grichka as a standard for or against vaccination," said his lawyer, Me Edouard de Lamaze, on BFM-TV Tuesday evening, confirming press information according to which his client, not vaccinated, was hospitalized in intensive care in Paris.

"Surrounded by the love of his family and his family, Grichka Bogdanoff died peacefully (...) to join his stars, ”only wrote his family in a press release, without mentioning the causes of death.

The world had revealed that Grichka had died of the covid and that his twin brother Igor was hospitalized for the same reasons.

The announcement of this death aroused emotional reactions from television personalities and...mockery on social networks."I just learned of Grichka's disappearance, I am really very affected," the host Cyril Hanouna reacted on Twitter who regularly received them on his set.

"I will miss it a lot.He was a boy of incredible intelligence and self -mockery that forced respect.I have crazy memories with him.I think very much of Igor and his family.Very sad".

Stars of the 80s - Grichka Bogdanoff died of Covid, his hospitalized brother

"Very struggled by the death of my friend Grichka Bogdanoff.My best thoughts go to Igor of course, "said journalist Eric Naulleau on Twitter for his part.

Made famous in the 1980s by their science fiction program "Time X" on TF1, where they evolved in a space vessel setting with futuristic combinations, Igor and Grichka had become the object of taunts for their deeply transformed faces that'They had themselves called "extraterrestrials".

Their scientific works had also aroused their share of controversies and had earned them the wrath of part of the scientific community, criticizing the "low value" of their work.

«Définitivement présumé innocent»

They had been accused of plagiarism by the American astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan for one of their best known publications, "God and science", an interview with the philosopher Jean Guitton (1991).

In 2010, the weekly Marianne published extracts from a CNRS report according to which the theses, and other articles of the two brothers, have "no scientific value".In 2012, 170 scientists claimed their "right to blame" after the condemnation of a CNRS researcher criticizing the writings of the twins.

Marianne will be sentenced for defamation in 2014 but, shortly after, the brothers will however be dismissed from an action initiated with the Paris administrative court against the CNRS.

Many mystery surrounds the biography of twins who have encountered many legal troubles.Recently again, they marred their project to take over their cult program "Time X" with the Canal group.

The two brothers had been dismissed in January as a correctional for "scam".The trial was to take place on January 20, 21 and 27, 2022.

"This procedure therefore goes out" for Grichka Bogdanoff, said by press release about Grichka Bogdanoff the lawyers of the two brothers, Me Edouard de Lamaze and Eric Morain."He will remain definitively alleged innocent," they added.

They were accused of having defrauded a millionaire suffering from bipolar disorders to settle their financial setbacks and relaunch the program.

Despite the controversies, Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff have preserved a reputation.In recent years, they have been recurring guests from Cyril Hanouna's show, "Touche not at my post!".

Single, Grichka Bogdanoff had no children.

AFP

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