Jacques Martial: the actor from the series "Navarro" and deputy mayor of Paris has died at the age of 69.

He also dubbed several African-American actors, lending his voice to the French versions of Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, and Wesley Snipes. Jacques Martial, born in Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne) to Guadeloupean parents, was "a man committed to the memory of slavery, the promotion of the creativity of overseas artists, and the visibility of African-American artists," Anne Hidalgo emphasized.