MARCEL MARCEAU DIES IN MIME INERPRETATION MISHAP
By R J Shulman
PARIS, France - The man who single handedly brought back the ancient art of the mine, Marcel Marceau has died at the age of 84, apparently due the misinterpretation of one of his routines. “I surely thought he was dead when he crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes,” said longtime friend Claude Beaumont, “it didn’t strike me until later that he may have been indicating that he was tired and wanted to go to sleep.” “He looked dead to me,” said former assistant Emmanuel Vacca, “didn’t he look dead to you?”

However, when French authorities exhumed and examined the body upon the frantic insistence of Beaumont, Marceau was already dead, asphyxiated from being buried alive. “I am so distraught,” said longtime companion, Angelique Rousseau, “I just wish he would have said something.”