Media personalities, including the entire TF1 family, representatives of the political world and several hundred anonymous people attended the funeral in Paris on Wednesday of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, popular star of the private channel's 1 p.m. newscast, who died at the age of 71.

In the Sainte-Clotilde basilica, the ceremony took place in the intimacy of friends and family, in the presence of Brigitte Macron, former President Nicolas Sarkozy, and television personalities such as Laurent Delahousse, Nikos Aliagas, Denis Brogniart , Cyril Hanouna or Anne-Claire Coudray.

Back, in pictures, on this last tribute.


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Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • The arrival of the coffin was greeted by loud applause, according to the tradition reserved for people in the show and popular personalities.

  • Brigitte Macron, former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni were present at the ceremony.

  • As well as the whole TF1 family, like here, the journalist presenter of the "20 Hours" on weekends, Anne-Claire Coudray.

  • Gilles Bouleau, who ensures the presentation of the “20 Hours” during the week.

  • Journalist Harry Roselmack.

  • The weather icon on TF1, Evelyne Dhéliat.

  • Or Mr. "Koh Lanta", Denis Brogniart.

  • Host and photographer Nikos Aliagas.

  • Jean-Pierre Foucault, always present at the Miss France ceremonies.

  • Speaking of Miss France, here is Sylvie Tellier.

  • Another emblematic personality of the first channel, Christophe Dechavanne.

  • Or Sébastien Cauet.

  • “Jean-Pierre was more than a colleague.

    He's a fellow traveler who made a television that I love.

    It was the France of the terroirs which replaced the Paris which sparkles”, confided Michel Drucker on TF1.

  • Other personalities from the world of television were also present such as the journalist presenter of the JT of "20 Hours" of the weekend on France 2, Laurent Delahousse.

  • Or Cyril Hanouna, the headliner of the C8 channel.

  • Karine Le Marchand, the star host of the M6 ​​channel.

  • Laurence Ferrari, former TF1, now on CNews.

  • Bernard Montiel.

  • Or David Douillet and his partner Vanessa.

  • The family was obviously very present, here Nathalie Marquay-Pernaut.

  • Regularly cited among the most popular personalities in France, Jean-Pierre Pernaut died on March 2 at the age of 71 as a result of his lung cancer.

    For 33 years, he had established himself as the king of midday news, with a formula based on proximity.

    The burial was to take place in the strictest privacy in Louveciennes (Yvelines).

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