Unvaccinated TV Twins Die From COVID Within Week of Each Other

French TV stars and popular meme figures Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff have both died from coronavirus after refusing to get vaccinated.

The brothers died within a week of each other. Igor Bogdanoff, 72, died on January 3, while Grichka Bogdanoff died in the final days of 2021.

Igor Bogdanoff's agent released a statement following the star's death. The statement read: "In peace and love, surrounded by his children and his family, Igor Bogdanoff left for the light on Monday, January 3, 2022."

Luc Ferry, a friend of the duo, said neither of the brothers had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

He told Le Parisien newspaper that he had urged the pair to get vaccinated but was told that they did not need it as they were "very sporty without a gram of fat."

He also clarified that he did not believe that the pair were anti-vaxxers.

He said: "Grichka, like Igor, wasn't an anti-vaxxer. He was anti-vax for himself.

"Being very athletic, without a gram of fat, they believed that the vaccine was more dangerous. They never got sick."

The duo, who were notorious for their cosmetic surgery, also claimed they had taken part in the creation of Bitcoin.

During an appearance on French TV channel Non-Stop People in June they said: "We were implicated, very early, in the birth of the cryptocurrency." Igor Bogdanoff also announced that the pair would soon launch their own cryptocurrency coin.

France is currently seeing a high number of coronavirus cases. According to Reuters, the average number of new infections reported in France has been consistently increasing over the past week.

A recent Reuters report on COVID-19 in France said: "COVID-19 infections in France are at their peak, now at 162,041 new infections reported each day.

"There have been 10,250,358 infections and 123,942 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the country since the pandemic began."

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the surge of cases in his New Year's address.

He posted a video of his speech on his Twitter page on December 31 and captioned it: "France, despite the hardships, is stronger today than two years ago. This is all thanks to you.

"Thanks to all of us. Thanks to our spirit of resistance, our solidarity, our civility, our commitment, and our entrepreneurial spirit."

Despite this optimistic message, he did also warn the French people there would be difficult times ahead due to the spread of coronavirus and he and the government would do what they can to support businesses.