HANNIBAL Rising star Gaspard Ulliel has died after struggling a critical head damage in a horror snowboarding accident within the Alps.
The 37-year-old mannequin and actor was rushed to hospital in a critical situation after the incident within the La Rosière ski resort within the Savoie area on Tuesday.
Ulliel, recognized for showing in Chanel fragrance adverts in addition to movie and tv roles, suffered a critical head damage within the crash, native broadcaster France Bleu stated.
The star, who shares a five-year-old son with mannequin Gaëlle Piétri, was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble following the horror collision.
Regardless of the efforts of medics, he could not be saved, and was pronounced useless at 4pm.
His household confirmed his dying in a press release on Wednesday.
In keeping with studies, the French actor was not sporting a helmet when he crashed into one other skier at a crossing level on the slopes.
The second individual concerned was not severely injured and an investigation is now underneath manner into the tragic accident, the Savoie prosecutor's workplace stated.
A witness to the tragedy reportedly advised investigators circumstances had been good and "not harmful". Different adults had chosen to ski with out helmets.
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In a press release, Albertville prosecutor Anne Gaches stated: "Gaspard Ulliel collided with one other skier on the highest of the blue run known as Tetras.
"He had simply branched off to the left, presumably to hitch his buddies who had been on the Gellinotte run."
Witnesses stated the 2 skiers "each fell to the bottom".
"When assist arrived, Gaspard Ulliel was immobile, unconscious within the snow. The opposite skier was unhurt," she stated.
Mountain cops have reportedly been responding to a number of accidents within the area in current days on account of laborious snow and ice on the slopes.
Ulliel starred because the younger Hannibal Lecter in 2007's Hannibal Rising and style mogul Yves Saint Laurent within the 2014 biopic Saint Laurent.
TRAGEDY ON THE SLOPES
The daddy-of-one was additionally within the upcoming Marvel collection Moon Knight and he was the face of the Chanel males’s perfume Bleu de Chanel.
The primary trailer for Moon Knight was solely launched on Tuesday and can debut on the Disney Plus streaming service on March 30.
Ulliel gained a Cesar - the French equal of an Oscar - for finest actor in 2017 for It is Solely the Finish of the World by which he starred alongside Marion Cotillard and Lea Seydoux.
He had already taken dwelling a Cesar in 2004 for many promising actor after showing within the World Conflict One drama A Very Lengthy Engagement alongside Audrey Tautou.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex led tributes to Ulliel following the star's dying.
He stated: "Gaspard Ulliel grew up with cinema and cinema grew with him. They beloved one another madly.
"It's with a heavy coronary heart that we'll now see his most lovely interpretations and meet this sure look. We're shedding a French actor."
'CHARM AND ENERGY'
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated: "French cinema is shedding an enormous expertise, stuffed with attraction and power."
And one among Ulliel's administrators described the actor as one thing of an enigma.
Rodolphe Marconi, who directed one among his early movies, The Final Day, stated: "He is an odd boy, tough to penetrate.
"He absolutely has a crack, the day it opens, it is going to damage."
The tragic accident conjured up reminiscences of when System One nice Michael Schumacher hit his head in a horrific ski accident in 2013 within the French resort of Meribel - about 30 miles from the place Ulliel was snowboarding.
Schumacher, 53, has not been seen in public in eight years, and little has been launched about his bodily and psychological situation.
The German racing legend suffered critical head accidents when he fell and hit the appropriate aspect of his head on a rock off the aspect of a slope.
Ulliel's dying comes after a five-year-old woman was killed on Saturday when a skier crashed into her.
The person has been charged with manslaughter, in line with the Haute-Savoie prosecutor, who stated extreme velocity was the probably explanation for the accident.
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