It was cancer that took away, just a few days after Bruno Salomone, the actress and director Isabelle Mergault. But, a few years ago, she had already suffered from an illness which she had great difficulty treating.
This announcement stunned part of France: Isabelle Mergault died on March 20 at the age of 67, from cancer, as confirmed by her friend Laurent Ruquier to AFP. If the actress had not recently spoken about her state of health, she had, however, confided a few years ago about another illness which affected her…
Death of Isabelle Mergault: what type of cancer did she suffer from? “Everything happened very quickly”
“Her family and friends are sad to announce that the director, actress and comedian Isabelle Mergault died this morning, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, following a cancer against which she had been courageously fighting for several months.“, we read in an official press release released on March 20.
According to Paris Matchthe one who had adopted a girl, named Maya and now aged 17, suffered from lung cancer metastasized to the liver for which she had been treated for several weeks at the Ambroise-Paré hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine. “Everything happened very quickly“, regretted a relative to the media.
In April 2025, the actress canceled a performance of her play The Bracelet in Pau. “I’m sorry, for health reasons, the performance is canceled“, she declared on Twitter. And in recent months, Isabelle Mergault was absent from Big Headseven though she sat there regularly.
However, Laurent Ruquier was reassuring on the air: “We have a thought for her, Isabelle will come back very quickly. Many listeners say to me: ‘But why isn’t Isabelle here?’ Right now she’s away, but she’ll be back as soon as possible“. Unfortunately, fate decided otherwise.
When Isabelle Mergault spoke about her illness: “I saw all the specialists”
In 2021, the one who was a member of Big Heads had taken to Twitter to discuss, without naming it, the illness that affected her. “Well, I’m not going to talk about my health. I’ve had problems for six years“, she had first modestly declared. At the time, no medical aid had helped her: “I saw all the specialists. Nothing“.
However, she regained hope during a stay in Normandy by consulting a naturopath named Rachel Richard, who lived in Bretteville-sur-Ay, in Manche. “She alone took care of me“, she assured.
Two years later, promoting his film Hands of goldshe revealed that she had had a big problem with one leg and that it was this woman who had managed to treat her limp. His personal story thus served as the framework for the film directed by Lambert Wilson and Josiane Balasko.
