It’s a name that will never appear again in the credits of the star Academy, even as a guest. For the past few months, the members of the show’s teams have been mourning the disappearance of Faustine Nogherotto, who participated in the sixth season of the program in 2006. Aged 31, she died on January 29, 2021, 14 years after having been revealed to the general public. For many years, the young artist had been fighting against an incurable autoimmune disease called Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome, but also against myalgic encephalomyelitis, known as EM.
These requests for assisted suicide are frequent
Her former comrades remember her like it was yesterday. Faustine Nogherotto had given voice during the season which had elected Cyril Cinélu grand champion of TF1. “Fallen in severe condition in 2016“, she had put together a request for assisted suicide. It was the worsening of her condition, and the increased risk of developing cancer, stroke and cardiovascular problems, which had allowed her to be accepted into a program. help. Before having eternal peace, she “suffered martyrdom” and “was on morphine”, as revealed by Chantal Somm, founder of the Millions Missing France association for the knowledge and recognition of EM in France.
“These requests for assisted suicide are frequent, but patients are not accepted in Switzerland or Belgium because ME, in itself, is not fatal.she explained to TV Mag. Many ME sufferers end their lives on their own with the utmost discretion. Faustina clearly suffered from the difficulty of making her illness understood. In hospitals, those who suffer from ME have diagnoses of psychological illness, functional somatic disorders or even anorexia nervosa. It’s very complicated to get proper care.“She is now resting, far from the suffering that kept her on Earth. Her situation will have allowed our country to become aware of the evil that was eating away at her in silence…