The entire French audiovisual landscape is in mourning. Christian Barbiergreat voice of Europe 1 on which he had presented the successful night show night barber, The night is ours again the Club Kriter in the 80s/90s, is died at the age of 82. The announcement was made this Friday August 5, 2022 on the official website of the famous radio station, after information received from the family. The causes of his death have not yet been disclosed.
Listeners will remember his glory years on the airwaves of Europe 1, where he was at the helm of second-evening broadcasts between 1967 and 1998. Before being at the helm of various programs, Christian Barbier – whose namesake, who died in 2009, was a Belgian comedian – started out as a journalist. At the time, he had won an interview with Jean-Paul Sartre, when the writer and philosopher had refused the Nobel Prize. Also, he interviewed Lucien Léger, murderer better known as L’Strangleur. Finally, throughout his career, Christian Barbier received an incalculable number of actors, singers and other personalities who came to lend themselves to the nocturnal confession game.
His death mourns his loved ones, his comrades in Europe 1 but also all those who listened to him years ago. “RIP Christian Barbier the unforgettable voice that helped me fall asleep when I was a teenager with his mythical Night Barber on Europe 1“, reacted on Twitter the host Florian Gazan. “What sad news. I have so many fond memories of #ChristianBarbier at @Europe1. So many evenings spent at E1, with Paule Couderc its programmer and Stephane Hayat its director. His voice, his smile, his class and his kindness“, loose Nathalie André, figure in the middle, still on the micro-blogging site. “A mythical voice from @ Europe1 has just died out. Christian Barbier left us. Club Kriter, Barber at night, The night is ours… Thoughts for the friends of the blue house“, regrets Laurent Marsick, journalist at RTL.