A voice and a laugh so special. The announcement of the death, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, of the columnist Pierre Bénichou, who notably worked for many years on Europe 1, triggered reactions and tributes from many personalities who praised his humor and his spirit of camaraderie .
The disappearance of Pierre Benichou overwhelms all those who loved his spirit, his unfathomable culture, the great intelligence he hid behind laughter, his cult of friendship. I lost a friend known at our beginnings at the age of 20 years .How sad.
- Philippe Labro (@philippelabro) March 31, 2020An "unfathomable culture" and a "great intelligence"
His disappearance "overwhelms all those who loved his spirit, his unfathomable culture, the great intelligence he hid behind laughter, his cult of friendship", reacted on Twitter the journalist Philippe Labro. For Bernard-Henri Lévy, it was "a Grand Constable of the world of yesterday who had learned the press with Camus, the night with Gainsbourg and greatness at Corneille". A month after the disappearance of the founder of the Nouvel Obs , Jean Daniel, "it's a generation that leaves us," commented Dominique Nora, the director of the weekly.
Great sadness at the announcement of the death of Pierre Bénichou, figure of @lobs and pillar of @GrossesTetesRTL. Charismatic and brilliant, he knew how to combine the most quirky humor with the greatest journalistic rigor. I send all my thoughts to his family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/cbqCTFUqMG
- Franck Riester (@franckriester) March 31, 2020"Charismatic and brilliant, he knew how to combine the most offbeat humor with the greatest journalistic rigor", added on Twitter the Minister of Culture Franck Riester.
Even death, he didn't take it seriously
Born in 1938 in Oran, he studied in Paris, and began his career at France Soir as an intern. He then joined the Nouvel Observateur, of which he became editor-in-chief, then deputy director. He made himself known to the public in the 1990s on the radio, in the Big Heads first, then in the program by Laurent Ruquier On va s'gêner sur Europe 1, where it didn't take much for that he starts to sing and laugh.
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Crazy about poetry, even if he wrote little, he still published a book three years ago which brought together the obituaries he was writing for the New Obs under the title Les absent, lift your finger. Even death, he did not take it seriously.