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Birth Name: | Hervé Le Marchand |
Birth Date: | 1960 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Lannion, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Magician |
Education: | École Centrale Paris |
Hervé Le Marchand (1 May 1960 – 3 January 2023), better known by the stage name of Mimosa, was a French humorous magician.
Le Marchand was a student at the École Centrale Paris, where he was a member of the circus and magic club, graduating in 1985 after partaking in the Gala des grandes écoles.[1] After his graduation, he worked as a computer engineer while continuing to practice magic.
In 1989, Le Marchand won the first prize at the Festival mondial du cirque de demain in Paris. He then dedicated himself full-time to magic, winning circus prizes in Geneva and Norway.
Le Marchand was married to a Thai woman and spent three months out of each year in Japan.[2] He died in Paris on 3 January 2023, at the age of 62.[3]