The death of Jean-Pierre Pernaut is heartbreaking for the whole country. His wife Nathalie Marquay, his four children Lou, Tom, Olivier and Julia, mourn his absence since the journalist succumbed to his lung cancer on Wednesday March 2, 2022. After beating prostate cancer in 2018, the star of TF1, 71, lost his life following open-heart surgery, carried out in the greatest secrecy. Although he was replaced 1 p.m. newspaper by Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, lunch breaks in front of the television will now have a slightly bitter taste.
It’s been hard for a few days
Jean-Pierre Pernaut made his debut on the air in 1972 in North Picardy News. In 50 years, he had earned a special place in the hearts of his fellow citizens, as well as in those of his sisters and brothers. Guest on the show We redo the TV on RTL, Saturday March 5, 2022, Évelyne Dhéliat agreed to talk about her sentence with tremolos in her voice. “The news arrived, brutal, sudden. Jean-Pierre, it was forty years of professional life and then also of an enormous friendship, she reminded. We have always worked together. We have a lot of memories on the air […] Already a few days ago‘is hard. It’s hard for everyone, it’s hard for the entire editorial staff.”