Barely recovered from the brutal death of her mother, Marina Carrère d’Encausse must face the unthinkable: this Saturday, December 30, 2023, her father, Louis Carrère d’Encausse, joined his mother for eternity, a few days before celebrating his 96th birthday. The nonagenarian appeared weakened at the funeral of his late wife last August, sitting on a wheelchair and accompanied by his daughter Hélène. On Instagram, the journalist and health professional paid a beautiful tribute to her parents, whom she lost in quick succession, by revealing a photo of their marriage, celebrated in 1952: “They were beautiful. It was 71 years ago. My mother died on August 5. My father left to join her that night 4 months later. I hope he found her.” testifies with difficulty the grieving host of the Health Magazine.
A complicated year for the sixty-year-old, who had to face the death of the historian Hélène Carrère d’Encausse on August 5, then a few weeks later the brutal announcement of the end of Health Magazine, which she has hosted on France 5 for almost 25 years. At the start of the next school year, the public service will offer a new medical magazine, but which will no longer be embodied by the sonographer. This Saturday, December 30, 2023, it is a third life upheaval that she faces, this time with the disappearance of her last parent, less than five months after her mother. The nonagenarian passed away in his sleep, one week to the day before celebrating its 96th winter…
A very famous family, even in Georgia
Louis Carrère d’Encausse, born in January 1928, worked as an insurer, while his wife, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, was a historian and academician. Together, they gave birth to three children: the eldest, Marina Carrère d’Encausse, her brother, the writer Emmanuel Carrèreand the youngest of the tribe, the lawyer Nathalie Carrère. The Carrère d’Encausse family is known for sharing certain family ties with Salomé Zourabichvili, the current president of Georgia. The parents of Louis Carrère d’Encausse, and paternal grandparents of Marina, were very well known, since Georges Carrèreviolinist, was the director of the Bordeaux Philharmonic Orchestra, and his wife, Paule d’Encaussewas a brilliant pianist and concert artist.