Personalities and admirers bid farewell to Jean-Pierre Pernaut

• This Wednesday morning, in the Sainte-Clotilde basilica, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, took place the funeral of Jean-Pierre Pernaut.

• The journalist, host of

  13 Hours

   of TF1 for 33 years, died on March 2 at the age of 71 from lung cancer.

• Tributes, from public figures and fans alike, were numerous in front of the basilica.

"It's weird.

I feel like just yesterday I was watching it on TV.

This Wednesday morning, Colette, 74, cannot realize.

Present in front of the Sainte-Clotilde basilica (7th arrondissement of Paris), she came to attend the funeral of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who died on March 2, at the age of 71.

And Colette is not alone.

Gathered in front of the building, a crowd stands ready to support the family and loved ones of the man who presented the TF1

newspaper for 33 years.

Under the porch of the basilica, a portrait of Jean-Pierre Pernaut greets those who have come to say a last goodbye to him.

“I would have liked the ceremony to take place in Amiens”, regrets François, who made the trip from Beauvais to pay tribute to his “compatriot from the North”.

Proud of his Picardy origins, like Jean-Pierre Pernaut, François would have appreciated, as a last nod, that the funeral of the animator takes place in his region rather than in Paris.

At the same time, several personalities follow one another at the entrance to the Basilica, Michel Drucker stops in front of the television cameras, David Douillet follows him closely, Laurence Ferrari does not linger and enters the church... "Ah , of course there would have been fewer stars in Amiens!

laughs a man glued to the barriers.

Given the popularity of the man, there is no doubt that Nicolas Sarkozy, Brigitte Macron, Valérie Pécresse or even Cyril Hanouna would have made the trip.

"The lunch break was with Jean-Pierre"

"He was the man of the regions, smiles Gurvann, it's true that, for the symbol, it would have been nice to have it done at home.

“A few meters away, Sandrine must have the same thought.

Living in Paris for 13 years, she is on a video call with her mother who lives in Picardy: “She couldn't come, so I took two hours from my work to make her live the moment.

It's one of the important things for people his age..."

While the stars of the small screen follow one another on the forecourt of the basilica, Sandrine recalls the importance that Jean-Pierre Pernaut has taken in the hearts of the French: “I am 37 years old.

For me, the

is him.

And I see the attachment of my parents.

They were farmers, their lunch break was with Jean-Pierre.

»

For his followers, Jean-Pierre Pernaut will remain the one who spoke of France, all of France.

Gérald, originally from Vendée, explains: “The newspapers talk about the international scene, Paris and the big cities.

When I watched the

, I found the province where I grew up, even when it was at the other end of France.

“Yet Gérald admits to having made fun of the “hyper heritage” side of the presenter: “But it's like an uncle's old jokes.

We laugh about it, but when he presented the Santon museum in "Trifouilli-les-Oies", we watched and we wanted to go there.

»

Gérald does not believe so well.

Hearing it, a man posted two meters away told his neighbors that he went to snow class in Savoie in the early 2000s: "I learned much later that the cheese museum that we had visited, the teacher had discovered him at Pernaut's.

»

The end of an era

When the funeral procession arrives, the mines become more serious.

A few gray heads, the majority in the assembly, speak of the end of an era.

“Ukraine is all important, but at least with 'Jipé', there was a bit of joy in all the bad news.

“Jipé”?

“Yes, we call it that with my husband because his name is Jean-Pierre too, it was not to confuse”, giggles this woman, a little embarrassed, in her scarf.

After seeing Claire Chazal, Jean-Claude Narcy and Michel Drucker pass by, onlookers see the new generation arrive.

Not theirs at the sight of the comments which fuse in the passage of Gilles Bouleau, Marie-Sophie Laccarau or Harry Roselmack.

Everyone has their own assessment.

The trend is however positive: They are good, even very good, but they are not Jean-Pierre Pernaut… “And Harry Roselmack, what does he do?

He's good, plus he seems nice.

A question that will remain unanswered.

A well-deserved tribute according to his fans

But at least they are there, like all those who came to pay tribute to Jean-Pierre Pernaut.

"It's nice to see that we don't forget him, even if he was no longer on TV", says, relieved, Hervé, a faithful of the host.

At the sight of the number of television cameras, he adds with a smile: “It was still someone.

That's the proof.

And then him, the cameras, it never scared him.

»

"Nope, and neither will his fans," confirms André.

Who has crossed paths with "Monsieur Pernaut" several times.

The man, who met the host on several occasions, came to pay homage to him, a few front pages of magazines stuck on his chest, testifies to an accessible and warm man: "He did not know who I was, but each time that we saw each other, he gave me a sign and he didn't mind a good handshake.

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If André knows that the burial of Jean-Pierre Pernaut will take place in Amiens in the greatest intimacy, he hopes that popular celebrations will be organized in the North.

The people around him have no doubts: “Of course they will, he's the child of the country, and if necessary, we will go too.

»

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