French actor Depardieu passes away at age 37
Guillaume Depardieu, the often-troubled son of renowned French film star Gerard Depardieu who gained praise for his own career as an actor, died Monday, hospital officials said. He was 37.
Guillaume Depardieu died at Raymond-Poincare hospital in Garches, west of Paris, from complications related to a sudden case of pneumonia, the Paris area hospitals authority said. He had been rushed to the hospital late Sunday.
Guillaume Depardieu won the prize in 1996 as the most promising young actor at the Cesar awards — France's equivalent of the Academy Awards — for his role in the film "Les Apprentis" (The Apprentices).
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