 Loustalot died accidentally in 1949 falling from a building he was trying to climb on in order to enter into a flat by the window, after a bet.In 1942, Vian and his brothers joined a jazz orchestra under the direction of Claude Abbadie, who became a minor character in Vian's "Vercoquin et le plancton".The same year, Vian graduated from École Centrale with a diploma in metallurgy, and his son Patrick was born.