Overview
- Her daughters confirmed Friday that she died of cardiac arrest at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital after a week in a medically induced coma.
- She was discovered unconscious in a swimming pool at a private sports club in Paris’s 9th arrondissement on April 11, and a fellow swimmer started CPR before she was taken to hospital.
- The Paris prosecutor has opened a standard cause-of-death inquiry known as a ‘recherche des causes de la mort’, and authorities say no offense has been identified so far.
- Early medical reports note she may have been underwater for several minutes, and coverage points to her past health issues, including brain surgery for an aneurysm and multiple heart operations.
- Her family asked for privacy as figures from French cinema, including Jean Dujardin and Josiane Balasko, shared tributes to the star of The Crimson Rivers who had planned a directorial debut later this year.