The most famous Blackfoot French cinema goes: Roger Hanin died

The most famous Blackfoot French cinema is gone ... The actor Roger Hanin died mid-morning on Wednesday at the age of 89, following a serious respiratory problem, said his entourage. "He was for several days in Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris," said his friend, director Alexandre Arcady.

Roger Hanin, whose real name Levy is well defined in a few words: "I am 100% Kosher genetically. I feel very Jewish. " The actor, born in the heart of the Kasbah of Algiers, had a grandfather rabbi. He had suffered antisemitic laws imposed by the Vichy regime in Algeria in 1941. He was expelled from his school because he was Jewish.

It was, however, converted to Catholicism on the occasion of his marriage to Christine Gouze-Renal, the sister of Danielle Mitterrand. Roger Hanin was thus became the brother-in-law of François Mitterrand, former President of the Republic, which had escaped anyone in France. It was part of the inner circle of the head of state, and at his death, he was angry with several leaders of the Socialist Party. He then joined the Communist Party, as did his father before him.

The truculent Commissioner Navarro will remain the most famous role of Roger Hanin on television. The series brings joy to his fans for over 18 years, from late 1989 to 2008. In the film, the actor was able to assert its identity as Blackfoot, thanks to Alexandre Arcady, in the films "The Atonement" and "Le coup de Sirocco". In November 2008, Roger Hanin finally announced it was terminating voluntarily to his career. "There is neither bitterness nor nostalgia, he had said, I made my turn, as they say."