Igor Bogdanoff, the French TV star recognized for his eccentric persona and look, has died at 72.
The tv presenter handed away simply days after his an identical twin, Grichka. The brothers are each reported to have succumbed to COVID-19.
“In peace and love, surrounded by his youngsters and his household, Igor Bogdanoff left for the sunshine on Monday January 3, 2022,” says an announcement launched by Bogdanoff’s household through his agent, the Solar reported. He's survived by his ex-wife, the author Amélie de Bourbon-Parme, and their six youngsters.
Grichka was reportedly hospitalized on Dec. 18 after falling unwell with the novel coronavirus. He handed away Dec. 28.
Of their native France, the pair have been recognized for his or her TV careers, most notably co-presenting the Nineteen Eighties science fiction sequence “Temps X” amongst different sci-fi reveals, together with “Rayons X.”
Igor had a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the College of Burgundy, and have become the main target of an argument relating to physics papers revealed by the twins within the early 2000s which many trade professionals believed have been deceptive.
The siblings have additionally grow to be related to the cryptocurrency group after Grichka claimed to have contributed to the supply code of bitcoin, the Solar reported. They persistently denied that their putting, matching facial options have been the results of cosmetic surgery, insisting they have been pure.
In keeping with shut pals who spoke to the French publication Le Monde, the brothers have been each unvaccinated.
“Grichka, like Igor, was not an antivax. He was antivax for himself,” Luc Ferry, a professor of philosophy and former Minister of Training and buddy of each brothers informed Le Monde. “Being very athletic, with no gram of fats, they believed that the vaccine was extra harmful. They by no means received sick.”
Neither the brothers’ vaccine standing nor their official reason for dying has been confirmed by the household.
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