Editing Coluche (section)

=== Death ===

In March 1985 Coluche had set a world speed record (252.087&nbsp;km/h; 156.64&nbsp;mph) on a one-km (1000 yard) track in Italy with a 750cc motorcycle.
A little more than a year later, at 16:35 on 19 June 1986, he died after crashing his Honda 1100 VFC into a truck on the "route de Cannes", a road in the commune of [[Opio, Alpes-Maritimes]] in southeastern France. He was 41. This event provoked national grief and inspired the album ''[[Putain de camion]]'' ("fucking truck") by his close friend [[Renaud]]. Some [[conspiracy theories]] have since surfaced, mainly in the book ''Coluche, l'accident: contre-enquête'',<ref>By Antoine Casubolo and Jean Depussé, éditions Privé, 2006. New English edition: ''Coluche the Accident. Counter-Investigation'' Digital Index Publisher, 2025, isbn ebook 9788899283193.</ref> alleging that Coluche might have been murdered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.20minutes.fr/article/91718/France-Coluche-c-est-l-histoire-d-un-accident.php |title=Coluche - an accident? |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323025938/http://www.20minutes.fr/article/91718/France-Coluche-c-est-l-histoire-d-un-accident.php |archive-date=23 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=29751 |title=BELLACIAO - Un livre remet en cause la thèse de l'accident mortel de Coluche il y a juste 20 ans - SERGE BRESSAN |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607230233/http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=29751 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death, from 6 October 2016 to 14 January 2017, an exhibition about Coluche was held at [[Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Paris City Hall]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/culture-le-succes-de-l-exposition-coluche-l-hotel-de-ville-de-paris-1482317611 | title=Culture : le succès de l'exposition Coluche à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris prolongé | publisher=France Bleu | first=Fanny | last=Lechevestrier | date=23 December 2016 | language=fr | access-date=1 November 2020 }}</ref>

In March 2011, a bronze statue of Coluche, dressed in his trademark striped dungarees, was unveiled in his hometown of [[Montrouge]] (suburb of Paris).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20110619-blunt-beloved-french-comedian-coluche-still-alive-memories|title=Blunt and beloved: French comedian Coluche still alive in memories|date=19 June 2011|website=France 24}}</ref>