"Our favorite doctor, a colleague, a friend for many of us at France Televisions ..." It is in these terms that Juian Bugier described Jean-Daniel Flaysakier on Monday, announcing his disappearance in the
13 Hours
of France 2 .
Doctor and journalist, he was for more than thirty years a health specialist familiar to the public of the second channel.
He died Thursday in Les Sables-d'Olonne (Vendée), the information site Les Sables revealed this Monday morning.
He reportedly succumbed to malaise while at the beach, where his body was found.
🔴 The former health journalist of France 2, Jean-Daniel Flaysakier, is dead
📺 # JT13H @ infofrance2 pic.twitter.com/Jzr4IcddnQ
- franceinfo plus (@franceinfoplus) October 11, 2021
Jean-Daniel Flaysakier, who celebrated his 70th birthday on September 23, was born in Tours (Indre-et-Loire).
A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine in Tours, he took his first steps in the media in the 1980s.
"Rigorous journalist oncologist"
From 1985 to 1991, he was notably the health columnist for
Télématin
on Antenne 2 (the future France 2), then signed reports for the channel's newspapers and magazines.
In October 2018, he announced on Twitter - where he was particularly active - his departure from the public channel.
The announcement of his death sparked many reactions from health professionals and the media.
Mac Lesgy said he was "very touched by the disappearance" of the one he describes as "an excellent journalist and tireless defender of science and medicine".
“Oncologist, journalist rigorous and demanding, faithful and joyful friend… What sadness not to be able to share with him the things of life!
», Reacted Claude Sérillon.
Journalist
Doctor
Television
France 2