Jean-François Adam
| Jean-François Adam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1938 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 October 1980 (aged 42) Paris, France |
| Occupation | actor and director |
| Spouse | Brigitte Fossey (1966 - 1980) (his death) 1 child |
Jean-François Adam (14 February 1938 - 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director mostly famous for his mysterious death.
[edit] Career
Adam was an assistant to French film-makers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville. He was known for having played the small rôle of the Colette's lover in the Antoine Doinel saga, and for playing the philosophy teacher in Maurice Pialat's Graduate First. He directed the 1979 film Return to the Beloved, which starred Isabelle Huppert. Adams was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam.
[edit] Death
On October 14, 1980, Jean was found dead lying in a dumpster in the western border of France. His wife of 14 years, Brigitte Fossey, told media that he said he had planned a plane for England to work on a movie. Some rumors fly around to this day that he was murdered by strangling. Speculators actually thought that he might have been thrown from the plane he was supposed to be taking during high winds and rain, as a plane crashed in western France that day. The cause of his death remains unknown, although the coroner for the case ruled his death to be a suicide.
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