[HN Gopher] Jean-Paul Belmondo has died
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       Jean-Paul Belmondo has died
        
       Author : sebastian_z
       Score  : 102 points
       Date   : 2021-09-06 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Theophrastos wrote:
       | Fun fact : Belmondo gave his face to two comic book characters.
       | The main character of the manga Cobra, and Lieutenant Blueberry,
       | by author Gir.
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       | https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/02/29/buichi-tera...
       | (French newspaper)
        
         | ur-whale wrote:
         | >by author Gir.
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         | aka Moebius [1] [2] of Incal [3] fame.
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         | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_(comics)
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         | [2]
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraudhttps://en.wikipedi...
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         | [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incal
        
       | rmason wrote:
       | They called him the French James Dean, but Humphrey Bogart might
       | be the better comparison. He oozed charm and self confidence. You
       | don't need subtitles to see the guys charisma:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOtzRmir8D0
        
         | hardwaregeek wrote:
         | Humphrey Bogart is an apt comparison considering his character
         | in Breathless explicitly copied Bogart's mannerisms. In one
         | scene he even stares at a picture of Bogart outside a movie
         | theater.
        
       | dvh wrote:
       | Belmondo's comedies were very popular in Czechoslovakia. Rip
       | maestro.
        
       | serf wrote:
       | 'Breathless' is great, to those that haven't seen it.
        
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