On January 25, 2022, Dave was rushed to hospital after suffering a heavy fall down the stairs of his house in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Subject to a cerebral hemorrhage, the 79-year-old singer remained in a coma for four days… before finally waking up.
If since this date, the singer is much better and is back on his feet, he nevertheless suffers from terrible after-effects. “When you experience what I experienced, you are not allowed to drive for at least six months after the accident but what is more serious is the problem of balance. When I get up, I “I feel like I’m falling. I no longer have taste or smell. Everyone thinks I have Covid, but no. It’s just the effects of the brain hemorrhage.” for example, he explained to Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine in April 2022 on the set of the show C to you.
This Thursday, November 16, 2023, her husband Patrick Loiseau returns to the Gala columns on this complicated period during which he was in a coma. “It was a nightmare. We didn’t know if he was going to wake up, what state he was going to be in? he remembers. This ordeal allowed the 74-year-old man to put things into perspective and reminds us that “every moment is precious” he who is in a relationship with a “miraculous”.
As a reminder, Dave and Patrick Loiseau have been living a very beautiful love story for more than 50 years, they who met in 1971. At the time, Dave was 27 years old and claims to have had “the urge to lightning” for his companion who is a lyricist. After betting on the PACS, they then decided to get married under the advice of their friend, boss of BFMTV: “We didn’t want to get married. But our friend, Marc-Olivier Fogielrecommended it to us for administrative reasons”. It is together that they have been going through the trials of life for five decades.