R.I.P. Veronique Peck
Veronique Passani Peck, the widow of actor Gregory Peck and longtime arts patron, died Friday of heart failure at her Los Angeles home. She was 80. Born in Paris, the French journalist met the actor when she interviewed him for the newspaper France Soir. She moved to the U.S. at 23 and married the movie star. Their marriage lasted 48 years until his death in 2003. Veronique Peck helped create the Inner City Cultural Center in South Los Angeles, was a founder of the Los Angeles Music Center, and a longtime fundraiser for the Los Angeles Public Library.
Sounds like an amazing woman. Always a shame to lose such a generous soul.
Greg and Veronique Peck made it possible for many performers of color to have a place develop our craft and to call home on the stages of Inner City Cultural Center with the late C. Bernard Jackson, Artistic Director.
Wow, she touched a lot of lives. Rest in peace.
Beautiful woman, both body and heart. RIP
For a marriage to last in Hollywood for 48 years, she should get a statue for that.
RIP Veronique….you lived and loved well.
In the fall of 2003, when Family Theater’s Angelus Student Film Festival honored Gregory Peck with the Spirit of Angelus Award for his inspiring body of work married to a life of service to the community, Mr. Peck died before receiving the Award. Mrs. Veronique Passani Peck accepted it his name at the Directors Guild of America. She was a charming and gracious woman who gave Gregory Peck 48 wonderful years of married life. We will pray for her at Family Theater and offer Mass for her eternal rest on Wednesday. May she rest in peace.