On Saturday it was announced that Pierre Tchernia, producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor, had died.
Asterixologists would know him best as a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo who often appeared in the Asterix comics: from the nerve-racked centurion in "Corsica" to the drunken legionnaire who is carried away on a shield by Goscinny and Uderzo on page 2 of "Obelix and Co." He also featured in "Asterix Legionnaire" and "Belgium". He was also the screenwriter for several of the Asterix animated films.
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here for some of his scenes in Asterix and photos of him and Goscinny. There is also a drawing in which he interviews Asterix, Goscinny and Uderzo over the forthcoming "Asterix in Switzerland".
