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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.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: film; france; gaspardulliel; obituary; skiing; ulliel
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To: BBB333

“Propelled into the air, Schumacher fell with the right side of his head landing on another rock. Despite wearing a helmet, which shattered on impact, Schumacher was badly hurt and was bleeding profusely from his head.”

Well, there are helmets and then there are HELMETS.

Auto/Motorcycle helmets seem to be more than a bit more substantial than many Ski/Boarding Helmets.

Thanks for posting. I was unaware of this incident.


21 posted on 01/19/2022 3:33:49 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

How long before he appears on the list of vaccine fatalities?


22 posted on 01/19/2022 3:38:01 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: dfwgator
Did he know Claudine Longet?

He sure did - mostly because her sugar daddy Andy just wasn't Longet enough to keep her from misbehaving.

23 posted on 01/19/2022 3:38:05 PM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.)
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To: dfwgator

“Did he know Claudine Longet?”

Wow, good memory, hat’s off.


24 posted on 01/19/2022 3:38:41 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (If It Aint Woke Don't Fix It.)
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To: ryderann

I faintly remember the original news. In the last few years, I’ve seen one or two programs about the case.


25 posted on 01/19/2022 3:40:25 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: V_TWIN

Loved him in that film.

RIP...
and prayers for his family.


26 posted on 01/19/2022 3:42:40 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: BenLurkin
Was he vaxxed? Sorry, had to be the first one to get that in.

As it was inevitable.

27 posted on 01/19/2022 3:44:42 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 37 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: Paladin2

No Helmet.


28 posted on 01/19/2022 3:45:44 PM PST by x
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To: SamAdams76
Was he vaxxed?

I’m glad you axxed.

29 posted on 01/19/2022 3:46:54 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: BenLurkin
I’m trying to figure out how he dies and the other guy isn’t even hurt.

Befuddles me too.

30 posted on 01/19/2022 3:47:08 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: bleach

Funny. But with all the strokes going around, I would not rule out one of the skiers having lost consciousness prior to the collision.


31 posted on 01/19/2022 3:47:40 PM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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To: dfwgator
"Did he know Claudine Longet?

My first thought, too...and she had those innocent killer looks.


32 posted on 01/19/2022 3:49:50 PM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: DiogenesLamp

He crashed and could have had a broken neck.


33 posted on 01/19/2022 3:51:07 PM PST by kaila
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To: BenLurkin

Hard to believe that a collision with another skier on a blue run would result in his death. Although deaths from closed head injuries are not uncommon......


34 posted on 01/19/2022 3:55:34 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Captain Walker

Ice?


35 posted on 01/19/2022 3:56:45 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: BenLurkin

A kid I grew up was killed in a skiing accident over Christmas break when I was a high school sophomore. He was an excellent skier, along with everyone in his family.

He was the first person I ever knew who died. We (accidentally) chose the same science fair topic in sixth grade.


36 posted on 01/19/2022 3:59:50 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: dfwgator

Or Sonny Bono? Natasha Richardson?


37 posted on 01/19/2022 4:02:10 PM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Michael Kennedy, the statutory rapist of the babysitter?


38 posted on 01/19/2022 4:11:31 PM PST by Radix (Politicians; the Law and the Profits)
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To: TexasGator
Ice?

It's the result of the melting and subsequent freezing of snow; it takes place quite a bit in the northern states.

39 posted on 01/19/2022 4:14:23 PM PST by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: Paladin2

Mask?


40 posted on 01/19/2022 4:14:23 PM PST by moovova
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