Pierre Deny, French actor who played a luxury-brand exec in 'Emily in Paris,' dies at 69

Pierre Deny, a French histrion known successful the United States for his portrayal of a luxury-brand enforcement successful the streaming bid “Emily successful Paris,” has died astatine property 69.

“It is with heavy emotion that we denote the passing of Pierre Deny, which occurred this Monday pursuing a abrupt and terrible lawsuit of ALS,” his daughters said successful a connection to the French quality work AFP (via Le Parisien).

Primarily a tv actor, Deny was calved July 12, 1956. He had astir 70 movie and TV credits to his name, per IMDb, positive dozens of theatre roles nether his belt.

“So bittersweet to perceive of the passing of Pierre Deny,” histrion Sylvie Vartan wrote successful French connected Instagram, posting a photograph of herself with Deny connected signifier successful “Ne maine regardez pas comme ça!” (Don’t Look astatine Me Like That!). “I shared immoderate large moments with him connected signifier successful Isabelle Mergault’s play. He was a generous histrion and a delicate and comic man. My thoughts are with his household and loved ones astatine this achy time.”

Deny appeared successful 3 episodes of “Emily successful Paris,” playing Louis de Léon, main enforcement of fictional luxury conglomerate JVMA, successful Seasons 3 and 4. But helium was amended known successful France for his hundreds of episodes arsenic Dr. Renee Dumaze connected the fashionable daytime play “Tomorrow Is Ours.”

“Pierre, 7 years of filming together, taking the bid together, having luncheon unneurotic successful the cafeteria, sometimes confiding successful each other, occasionally inviting each different implicit and congratulating you connected your hidden endowment arsenic a cook, introducing our daughters, going to applaud each different astatine the theater, habitually calling each different ‘doctor,’ and truthful overmuch more,” erstwhile co-star Luce Mouchel, who plays Dr. Marianne Delcourt connected “Tomorrow Is Ours,” wrote successful French connected Instagram.

“A small implicit a decennary of shared beingness that shouldn’t person ended truthful rapidly and truthful brutally. I’m reasoning of your daughters and their exceptional courage. I’m reasoning of you, of my past sojourn and your sparkling eyes. Rest successful peace, Dr. Dumaze.”

Deny besides appeared successful 44 episodes of the soap “Cinq soeurs” (Five Sisters) and 28 episodes of the transgression play “Une femme d’honneur” (A Woman of Honor).

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, besides known arsenic Lou Gehrig’s disease, is simply a progressive neurodegenerative illness that destroys nervus cells successful the encephalon and spinal cord that a idiosyncratic needs to walk, talk, swallow and breathe, according to the ALS Assn. With nary cure available, astir radical dice wrong 3 to 5 years of their archetypal symptoms.

“Grey’s Anatomy” histrion Eric Dane died from complications of ALS successful February astatine property 53 aft announcing his diagnosis the erstwhile April. “Straight Outta Compton” histrion A. Russell Andrews announced this period that helium is “living with ALS” astatine property 64. And past week, Jenny Slatten of “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” shared her ALS diagnosis with the world. She is 68.