{"id":2434156,"date":"2026-05-27T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434156"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:00:14","slug":"emily-in-paris-star-pierre-deny-dead-at-69-after-sudden-and-severe-als-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/emily-in-paris-star-pierre-deny-dead-at-69-after-sudden-and-severe-als-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Emily in Paris&#8217; star Pierre Deny dead at 69 after &#8216;sudden and severe&#8217; ALS battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cEmily in Paris\u201d star Pierre Deny has died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 69. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep emotion that we announce the passing of Pierre Deny, which occurred this Monday following a sudden and severe case of ALS,\u201d the actor\u2019s daughters wrote in a statement <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15852131\/Emily-Paris-Pierre-Deny-dead-als-netflix-lily-collins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by the Daily Mail<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Deny, notably, appeared in the third and fourth seasons of\u00a0the hit Netflix series. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cEmily in Paris\u201d star Pierre Deny died on Monday following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor\u2019s daughters confirmed his death in a heartbreaking statement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He played Louis de L\u00e9on, CEO of the fictional fashion giant JVMA.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Collins, who plays the titular character, announced last week that the series is filming its sixth \u2014 and final \u2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnnnnnd we\u2019re back \u2014 for the last time.\u00a0@emilyinparis\u00a0takes on Greece (and of course France) for one final, epic adventure. Let\u2019s make it the most incredibly special season yet!\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYmwCTjEUUS\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress and her co-stars have yet to react to Deny\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>They wrote that their father had a \u201csudden and severe\u201d battle with the disease. <span class=\"credit\">MARIE ETCHEGOYEN\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Deny appeared in the third and fourth seasons of the hit Netflix series as Louis de L\u00e9on, CEO of the fictional fashion giant JVMA. <span class=\"credit\">STEPHANIE BRANCHU\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before starring in \u201cEmily in Paris,\u201d the beloved French actor appeared in more than 500 episodes of soap opera \u201cDemain nous appartien.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>His longtime co-star Luce Mouchel shared a touching tribute <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYzBZUONfG-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday, reflecting on their \u201cshort decade of shared like that should not have ended so quickly and so brutally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wrote in French, \u201cI\u2019m thinking of your daughters and their exceptional courage. Thinking of you, my last visit and your sparkling eyes, rest in peace, Dr. Dumaze \ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udd0d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deny was also well known for his roles in several other French series including, \u201cFabio Montale,\u201d \u201cUne femme d\u2019honneur\u201d and \u201cCinq soeurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The beloved French actor also appeared in more than 500 episodes of soap opera \u201cDemain nous appartien.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">MARIE ETCHEGOYEN\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He was additionally known for his roles in several other French series including, \u201cFabio Montale,\u201d \u201cUne femme d\u2019honneur\u201d and \u201cCinq soeurs.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">pierredeny.off\/instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALS is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the Mayo Clinic<\/a>. The disease leads to muscle weakness and other symptoms that get worse over time and currently has no cure.<\/p>\n<p>Several celebrities have recently gone public with their ALS battles, with \u201c90 Day Fianc\u00e9\u201d star Jenny Slatten <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/19\/celebrity-news\/90-day-fiance-star-jenny-slatten-diagnosed-with-als-one-year-after-developing-frightening-symptoms\/\">sharing her diagnosis<\/a> last week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d actor Eric Dane <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-dead-at-53-after-als-battle\/\">passed away<\/a> in February, 10 months after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/10\/celebrity-news\/greys-anatomy-alum-eric-dane-announces-als-diagnosis\/\">announcing his own diagnosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEmily in Paris\u201d star Pierre Deny has died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 69. \u201cIt is with deep emotion that we announce the passing of Pierre Deny, which occurred this Monday following a sudden and severe case of ALS,\u201d the actor\u2019s daughters wrote in a statement obtained by the Daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2434157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,373791,22062,347142,24003,350426,21913],"class_list":["post-2434156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-als","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-emily-in-paris","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Emily-in-Paris-star-Pierre-Deny-dead-at-69-after.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434158,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434156\/revisions\/2434158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}