Death of Marcel Ledun, puppeteer Teddy in "Good night little ones"

Thanks to him, Nounours cradled several generations of small viewers. Marcel Ledun, the puppeteer who lent his talents to the hero of the series "Goodnight the little ones", died in the night from Thursday to Friday at the EHPAD Lille where he had just been placed, announced "The Voice of North".

It was in 1962 that Claude Leydu, the creator of the program, called on this former journalist and press secretary, who had become a puppeteer, to give life to this character, first called Gros Ours, who came to visit at night. Nicolas and Pimprenelle to tell them a story and help them fall asleep.

"Good night, little ones, sweet dreams!" He shouted before taking leave, while a handful of sand fell on the sleeping toddlers. Broadcasted from 1962 to 1973 on the RTF, the first channel then became the ORTF, "Good night the little ones" was the subject of a new version in 1976 on TF1 then a last in 1994 on France 2.

This "historic" series of French TV has also been available in comics, shows and toys. A Youtube channel, broadcasting all the episodes, a Facebook page and an Instagram account were also launched, proof of the popularity of Nounours and his young friends over the years.