Guillaume Depardieu Dead At 38

French actor GERARD DEPARDIEU's son GUILLAUME died on Monday (13Oct08) at the Garches hospital near Paris.

The 37 year old passed away after a severe bout of pneumonia.
He was filming new movie L'Enfance d'Icare in Romania when he suddenly fell ill and was taken to the Garches hospital at the weekend (10Oct08) but died early on Monday.

His father's publicist, Artmedia, says, "He caught a virus which gave him a very severe pneumonia."

Guillaume Depardieu had a severe motorbike accident in 1995, and had a leg amputated.

He was known for his films as well as for his time in prison for drugs offences.

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