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Marc Pilcher, the award-winning hair and makeup designer forBridgerton, died of COVID-19 on Sunday at the age of 53.
Pilcher’s agency, Curtis Brown, shared the news on Monday that the stylist died after contracting the virus, despite his family noting he was “double vaccinated with no underlying health condition.”
“It is with the deepest of hearts we confirm that Marc Elliot Pilcher, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winning hair and makeup designer/stylist, passed away after a battle with COVID-19 on Sunday 3rd October 2021,” his agency said in a statement toVariety.
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Coughlan continued, “It’s a tragedy that he’s been taken so young when he had so much yet to do. Please also use this as a reminder that Covid is still a very real and present danger, please get vaccinated and mask up to protect yourself and others.”
Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Daphne Bridgerton on the show, shared Coughlan’s post to her Instagram Story, adding, “At a loss for words.”
Pilcher’s fellowBridgertonhair and makeup artist Lynda J. Pearce also honored her late friend on social media.
“Rest in peace my dear friend,” she wrote, calling him her “darling Marc” onInstagram. “I will love you forever and I will hold you safely in my heart always.”
Last month, Pilcher won the award for Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling during the2021 Creative Arts Emmysfor his work onBridgerton. Despite testing negative for COVID several times prior to attending the event, he got sick shortly after returning home.
“This was just the most exciting project for me to work on, to create for all of our beautiful cast. I just want to say thank you,” he said during hisacceptance speech.
Along with Bridgerton, Pilcher worked onDownton Abbey, Judy, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, andMary Queen of Scots— which earned him an Oscar nomination in 2019. He also earned three Hollywood Makeup Artist & Hairstyling Guild Awards throughout his career.
Breakthrough cases— COVID-19 infections that occur in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus — are unlikely, but possible and expected, as the vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infections. Still, vaccinated people who test positive will likely be asymptomatic or experience a far milder illness than if they were not vaccinated. The majority of deaths from COVID-19 — around 98 to 99% —are in unvaccinated people.
source: people.com
