All those times when Jean-Pierre Pernaut was more than a JT presenter

• Journalist Jean-Pierre Pernaut died at the age of 71 from lung cancer on Wednesday.

• True incarnation of the

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   of TF1 for nearly 33 years, he also distinguished himself thanks to his strong personality.

• His rants, the media coverage of the fight against his illness, his departure from the JT… Back on these few significant moments during which the presenter came out of his role as a journalist.

A monument of the French audiovisual landscape has passed away.

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, former star presenter of

of TF1, died at the age of 71 from lung cancer, his wife's agent announced on Wednesday afternoon.

The one who set the lunch tempo on television for almost 33 years was not just a simple journalist since he also accompanied the daily lives of millions of people.

The media coverage of the fight against his disease

Jean-Pierre Pernaut has never made a mystery of his illness.

In September 2018, the face of TF1 announced, on social networks, having to leave the presentation of the JT after having undergone surgery for prostate cancer.

"Everything is fine," he added in a message that was intended to be as undramatic as possible.

Treated, the journalist had been able to make his return in front of the cameras.

Unfortunately, he had been hit again by lung cancer, which he made public in November 2021. "If my story can encourage two people to quit smoking, I'm happy to talk about it," he explained to the media. time at the microphone of RTL, adding that it was thanks to his wife Nathalie Marquay that he had “learned not to be afraid of the word 'cancer'.

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His rants

Jean-Pierre Pernaut is also a few notable rants.

Recently, the journalist had not gone out of his way on the management of the coronavirus crisis.

In April 2020, for example, when he presented his information meeting from home, he lost his temper.

“Florists closed for May 1 but garden centers open.

Canteens open soon but restaurants still closed, he listed live.

It's hard to understand all of this.

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But it was not only at the end of his career that the

presenter let go.

Four years earlier, we remember in particular this sentence that he had pronounced at the exit of a report on the homeless.

“More places for the homeless but, at the same time, centers for migrants continue to open everywhere in France”, he launched.

The CSA then called him to order, judging that his remarks could “encourage discriminatory behavior.

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His overflowing love for the regions

To explain that his diary exuded love for the French regions would be commonplace.

On the other hand, it is not useless to recall that Jean-Pierre Pernaut regularly dropped his journalist cap to transform himself into a true savior of the land.

A pioneer, he launched the

initiative  in 2001, with the aim of contributing to the revitalization of the local economy.

It reiterates the experience from 2018 as part of the operation 

, "to highlight short circuits and local producers", recalls TF1 in a press release.

In addition, once he left his post, the journalist continued to show his love for heritage online with the "JPPTV" and on paper thanks to a magazine called

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His departure from the JT

The day of December 18, 2020, a date that marked the history of French television.

That day, it is a real page that turns with the farewells of Jean-Pierre Pernaut addressed to his millions of faithful.

After more than 7,000 lunches shared with the public, the presenter of the newspaper is bowing out.

All in elegance, of course, since he took the opportunity to pass the torch to Marie-Sophie Lacarrau.

Viewers will especially remember the minutes during which Jean-Pierre Pernaut read a text he had prepared in advance.

With a lump in his throat, he underlines the honor that it had been “to be able to go through the small and the great history of the world thanks to you, to your loyalty.

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But it is when talking about his mother, who died four years ago, that the journalist lets his emotion show.

“I have a thought for my mother who for thirty years has never missed a newspaper.

She's probably watching us from up there,” he managed to say without being able to hold back his tears.

This last newspaper had gathered more than 8.1 million viewers, its audience record since August 2007.

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