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French actor Gaspard Ulliel dead in skiing accident at 37
CNN ^ | Wed January 19, 2022 | Niamh Kennedy, Xiaofei Xu and Camille Knight,

Posted on 01/19/2022 2:56:31 PM PST by BenLurkin

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, best known for playing Hannibal Lecter in "Hannibal Rising," has died at the age of 37 after a skiing accident in southeastern France.

The accident happened on Tuesday at 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m ET) at the La Rosière ski resort in the Alpine department of Savoie, according to a Wednesday statement from Albertville prosecutor's office.

After Ulliel left the top of a blue ski run, he collided with another skier and both fell to the ground, the statement said. The other skier didn't suffer any injuries.

When the emergency team arrived at the scene, Ulliel was lying still in the snow, unconscious, according to the statement.

He was airlifted to the nearby Grenoble University Hospital Center where his death was announced Wednesday afternoon.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: film; france; gaspardulliel; obituary; skiing; ulliel
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1 posted on 01/19/2022 2:56:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Helmet?


2 posted on 01/19/2022 2:57:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Uh oh. Time for “Ski Control” now.


3 posted on 01/19/2022 2:58:07 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: BenLurkin

Did he know Claudine Longet?


4 posted on 01/19/2022 2:58:54 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

OMICRON? Was he vaccinated?


5 posted on 01/19/2022 2:59:19 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: BenLurkin

Damn Covid.


6 posted on 01/19/2022 3:00:14 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow.

Played Hannibal Lecter in one of the lesser known Hannibal movies.

Sad


7 posted on 01/19/2022 3:00:14 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m going to bet he wasn’t wearing a helmet, and someone made a mistake (or was out of control) in a “right of way” situation.

At the top of a blue run you might pick up some speed, if it’s marked blue for lack of moguls but it has a bit of steep slope at the top.

Rest in Peace. No matter what, I recommend wearing helmets out on the slopes!


8 posted on 01/19/2022 3:01:04 PM PST by Yossarian
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To: Paladin2

I’m trying to figure out how he dies and the other guy isn’t even hurt.


9 posted on 01/19/2022 3:01:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Fragile French fellow 🤪


10 posted on 01/19/2022 3:05:04 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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“The other skier didn’t suffer any injuries.”

Maybe he had a heart attack or stroke just before this happened.


11 posted on 01/19/2022 3:07:31 PM PST by Revel
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To: BenLurkin

I was just thinking about how dangerous skiing can be today. R.I P.


12 posted on 01/19/2022 3:12:15 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team sco uts photo-op locations.)
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To: dfwgator

Ohhh...you eased that right in there. How many will catch the reference? Who is old enough?


13 posted on 01/19/2022 3:20:14 PM PST by ryderann
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To: Paladin2

“Helmet?”


Michael Schumacher (look him up) was wearing a helmet when he has his simple fall...on a beginners slope in 2013.

He’s still incapacitated.

I have a friend who broke his leg and almost died in a simple ski accident. BAD leg break. REAL bad.

Whose to know what happened until we know more on this accident...


14 posted on 01/19/2022 3:20:28 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: PghBaldy

“Gradient is the Elixir of Youth”


15 posted on 01/19/2022 3:24:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BBB333

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher


16 posted on 01/19/2022 3:26:34 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: BenLurkin

He wasn’t wearing a helmet


17 posted on 01/19/2022 3:27:41 PM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: BenLurkin

Claudine Longet was unavailable for comment..


18 posted on 01/19/2022 3:27:59 PM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: bleach

Indeed.

It has replaced “what did he know about Hillary”


19 posted on 01/19/2022 3:28:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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I’m trying to figure out how he dies and the other guy isn’t even hurt.

That's easy enough: One falls back and strikes his skull against ice and the other one doesn't.

20 posted on 01/19/2022 3:33:02 PM PST by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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