In the caption of this moving publication, the widow of Jean-Pierre Pernaut – who died on March 2, 2022 from lung cancer – wrote: “It’s our eternal love combined with our common passion for the theater which allowed me to go on stage last night. You made me promise not to let go, I did it, surrounded by the kindness and support of my accomplices in this play Les uncle jokers that you loved so much… it was terribly hard but i owed it to you… thank you to the Nantes public for supporting me… this applause is for you. I miss you so much“.
“Oh what courage what strength!!! I think a lot about you, about you“, “Congratulations to you ….“, “He must be proud of you Nathalie“, “Courage to you and with certainty, from where he is he is very proud of you“, “What courage of you, you are a fighter and that’s what your husband would have wanted tell you that it’s a beautiful tribute that you pay him back on stage. strength and courage to you madam“, can we read in the comments.
On March 9, the day of the funeral of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, organized at the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris, Nathalie Marquay, her two children, but also the two grandchildren of the host Olivier and Julia were well surrounded. Many personalities came to pay a final tribute to the journalist. Never had the PAF communicated like this, all channels and generations combined.