�ric Degbegni, better known as �ric Blanc, is a French impersonator and comedian. His father was a professional magistrate and his mother was a pediatric nurse. He lived in Cotonou until 1975, when his family move to Paris in exile after G�n�ral K�r�kou's coup d'�tat. He discontinued his law courses for the stage. In 1986 he began his career with an engagement at the Caveau de la R�publique, a venue for new humorists in Paris, performing imitations of President Val�ry Giscard d'Estaing, the TV host Fr�d�ric Mitterrand, and the French tennis player Yannick Noah. He has played on different TV shows as la Classe on France 3. He has performed one-man shows in the Bataclan and the Bobino theatres in Paris. [More at Wikipedia]

October 10th, 1965 in Cotonou (Age 59)