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From Nicolas Sarkozy to François Hollande, political tributes have multiplied since the death of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach on Tuesday October 3.
Legendary television and radio political journalist, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach died at the age of 86 on Tuesday October 3. Considered the king of interviews, he has seen the greatest people come to his microphone. Since his death, the political world has paid tribute to him. Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed this “pugnacious and uncompromising interviewer“, “demanding and visionary media director“. For François Hollande, it is “a page in our political and media history that is turning“.
A legendary duo with Alain Duhamel
After starting his career at ORTF, it was on Antenne 2 that Jean-Pierre Elkabbach’s career took off in the 1970s. He formed a legendary duo with Alain Duhamel, in the show Cartes sur table. The journalist has spanned half a century of media and political history. He died after a long illness.