It is therefore in this hearse of choice that the coffin of Jean-Pierre Pernaut went away. Faced with such an image, Nathalie Marquay showed herself worthy, close to her children, the young Lou (19 years old) – who was then supported by her companion Arthur – and her brother Tom (18 years old). The young brunette was overwhelming, unable to contain his tears. Then, at the funeral, he gave a heartbreaking speech, “between two tears, two sobs“, as reported by Bernard Montiel. Subsequently, the burial was to take place in the strictest privacy, away from the cameras.
Remember that Jean-Pierre Pernaut contracted lung cancer, after having successfully fought prostate cancer. His right lung having been cured, it was then the left that proved to be sick and inoperable. But it was following an open-heart operation, carried out in the greatest secrecy, that Jean-Pierre Pernaut was placed in a deep coma before finally losing his life, leaving behind him a whole collapsed family and million bereaved viewers…