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Guillaume de Tonquédec recalls Bruno Salomone’s final days
French actor Bruno Salomone died aged 55 on March 15 after a long battle with an aggressive cancer in the head and neck area.
His former colleague Guillaume de Tonquédec visited him shortly before his death and has spoken about their final exchange on the podcast Coloscopie.
De Tonquédec said the cancer had spread and was likely diagnosed too late.
Both men knew Salomone was going to die, he said.
Salomone was exhausted and told his friend that he wanted his suffering to end.
Their account offers a glimpse of the toll the illness took on the actor in his final days.
Actor Guillaume de Tonquédec said Bruno Salomone knew he was dying and wanted his suffering to end.
De Tonquédec said he saw Salomone shortly before his death and that Salomone told him he could no longer bear it.
Salomone died on 15 March, aged 55, after battling an aggressive cancer in the ear, nose and throat area.
De Tonquédec said the cancer was probably diagnosed too late and had spread.
- Who
- Bruno Salomone and his friend and former colleague, actor Guillaume de Tonquédec.
- What
- De Tonquédec recalled that Salomone knew he was dying and wanted his suffering to end.
- When
- Salomone died on 15 March; the year is not stated in the article that gives the date.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Salomone was exhausted after battling an aggressive cancer that had spread.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Salomone battled cancer for years; De Tonquédec said it was probably diagnosed too late and had spread.
De Tonquédec saw Salomone, who told him he knew he was dying and wanted it to end.
Salomone died aged 55.
- Age at death
- 55
- Date of death
- 15 March
- Illness
- Aggressive cancer of the ear, nose and throat area
- Former colleague
- Guillaume de Tonquédec
- Podcast
- Coloscopie
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What people are saying
I knew he was going to die, and he knew it too. He even wanted it to end; he couldn't take it anymore. He told me that day.
He died of a cancer that was certainly diagnosed too late, which metastasized, and he battled for years.