The disappearance of Jean-Pierre Pernaut on Wednesday March 2, 2022 upsets his relatives. On March 9, 2022, during his funeral, his wife Nathalie Marquay, their two children Lou (19 years old) and Tom (18 years old) as well as his ex-wife Dominique Bonnet accompanied by Olivier and Julia, born of this union with the star of the JT of TF1, paid him a beautiful tribute. They were not alone: hundreds of anonymous people but also a good number of personalities, in particular colleagues from the front page, had made the trip to the Sainte-Clotilde basilica, located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Among them, Evelyne Dhéliat, who mourns her “brother”. In TV 7 Days on newsstands this Monday, March 14, 2022, the famous 73-year-old Miss Weather sends a tender letter to the late Jean-Pierre Pernaut.
“Very dear Jean-Pierre, but why such a bad idea, you who only had good ones? Why did you leave ? It’s up to us, this time, your colleagues, your friends, your loved ones, to give a big rant! Why did you leave ? If you had seen the newspaper production room the evening you left… The entire editorial staff was there, united, stunned, giving you an ovation. If you saw the testimonies of love and gratitude that come to us from all over France!“, she wrote, heartbroken but proud.
And to continue:How I wish I could rewind the movie of life to keep you from going to smoke that goddamn cig, taking advantage of the moment when I was dictating my text for the weather.“However, Evelyne Dhéliat wishes”forget the regrets to think back only to the good times“, to know “the morning ‘snacks’ in your office, brought, with regional products, by the correspondents who loved you so much; lunches after 1 p.m. at the TF1 self-catering“.”You shared with your team these moments of relaxation, and, sometimes, of giggles. I also shared them with you. And your laugh, precisely, hoarse and joyful, which we heard from the end of the corridor, does she remember. As for our own memories, they cover decades spent side by side in work and often in life. You marked the history of French television forever. We miss you and your imprint is forever etched in our hearts..“
A moving letter, between words of love and deep regrets…