“The memory of Montfort has left us“, Sadily announced the writer Bernard Delattre on Facebook this weekend. In mourning, he had just learned the disappearance of Pierre Coville, who died at the age of 93 this Saturday, August 9.
Pierre Coville, semi-finalist of season 15 of France has an incredible talent
At Coville’s, the Cabaret de Pierre Coville … and Brigitte Bardot!
Indeed, Pierre Coville – who had known in his youth Maurice Ravel, Édith Piaf, Aznavour or Charles Trénet – was close to Brigitte Bardot, a childhood friend: it was with her that he had launched his private cabaret at Coville in the 1990s in the Paris region, in Montfort l’Amaury. William Sheller, Chantal Goya, Didier Barbelivien, Florent Pagny, Brigitte Lahaie, Marc Lavoine, Georges Moustaki, Michel Delpech, the Gipsy Kings … Many of the famous artists went there. We have also seen it as a cinema actor in the movies The crow or Albert is mean In 2004. On social networks, journalist Jean-François Guyot relayed this Tuesday, August 12, an official declaration of the Foundation Brigitte Bardot, touched by this death: “A great friend. Brigitte is very affected. She thinks very hard of Pierre …“But, as Bernard Delattre reminds us, the life of Pierre Coville did not stop at the world of the show: he had been a voluntary firefighter, magnetizer and had served France in Germany and Algeria.
.@Brigitte_BardotExpressed his sorrow after the death of stone #COVILLEpersonality of #MontfortLAmaury #LAFRANCEAINTABLETTALENT. “A great friend. Brigitte is very affected. She thinks very hard of Pierre… ”(@FBB_Officiel) Https://t.co/iqvakabe3q— Jean-François Guyot (@jfguyot) August 12, 2025