Comic and actor Claude Véga, thought of in France the daddy of recent imitation, died Monday in Paris on the age of 91, based on his companion and press officer.
Born Claude Thibaudat, he had his heyday within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.
"He had been very drained for a number of weeks, he handed peacefully," Arlette Goupy, his companion and press attaché, informed AFP. He died at Bichat Hospital.
Véga pioneered the embodying of feminine celebrities on stage reminiscent of well-liked French singer Barbara, and carried out at Bobino, opening for Edith Piaf and Charles Trénet.
He was then frequently invited to look on tv.
A childhood pal of François Truffaut, he had a task, that of a disturbing strangler, within the movie "Domicile marital" (1970) by the long-lasting filmmaker.
At 60, he gave up impersonations to dedicate himself to the theatre, his different ardour, together with drawing.
He was significantly profitable with "Piaf, je t'aime" on the Cirque d'hiver (1996), a present that acquired two nominations for the Molières.
Véga was an officer within the Order of Arts and Letters.
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