This is the drama of his life… A well-known face in the French landscape, notably thanks to Cash Investigation
a show where she does not hesitate to attack big bosses, politicians or even famous television characters, Élise Lucet nevertheless cultivates a certain mystery around her private life.
But if confessions about his privacy are rare, they still exist. On rare occasions, the journalist spoke in particular about her husband Martin Bourgeois who died in 2011. The man of her life, but also the father of her only daughter.
Married in 2006, the couple did not take long to start a family since Rose was born barely a year later, in 2007… Only, a few years after welcoming his first child, the antique dealer died at the he was 43 years old in 2011 after a private fight against leukemia.
Bereaved, Élise Lucet then made the courageous decision to keep the helm of the 1 p.m. news on France 2 which she presented until 2016. The opportunity to send thanks on air to all those who had been present for her during this difficult time: “I really wanted to personally thank all of you who sent me a message of support. It warmed my heart. I suddenly felt like I had a really, really big family,” she declared.
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His daily strength
Reckless on screen, the one who uses all means to succeed in telling the truth within the framework of her show Cash Investigation had confided in 2015 that this painful ordeal had made her stronger: “When you have experienced this kind of thing, you are no longer afraid of much”she revealed to Gala.
A strong character that the journalist seems to have passed on to her daughter, now 17 years old. “According to my parents, she looks like me when I was a child. She already has such a character…”, she added. Like Mother like daughter.
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