Organized in the Sainte-Clotilde basilica in the 7th arrondissement, the religious ceremony, in the presence of Mrs. Brigitte Macron and former President Nicolas Sarkozy, takes place in the intimacy of friends and family.
The arrival of the coffin was greeted by loud applause according to the tradition reserved for people in shows and popular personalities.
A large black and white photo of the journalist has been installed in the porch of the basilica.
Father Alain de La Morandais is one of the officiants.
An important device has been put in place to avoid any intrusion into the church, apart from a list drawn up by the family.
Valérie Pécresse, Carla Bruni, Michel Drucker, several Miss France including Sylvie Tellier, the president of the TF1 group Gilles Pélisson, the journalists Anne-Claire Coudray, Claire Chazal, Gilles Bouleau, Dominique Lagrou-Sempère and Laurent Delahousse, as well as the animators Jean -Pierre Foucault, Nikos Aliagas and Cyril Hanouna were present.
Regularly cited among the most popular personalities in France, Jean-Pierre Pernaut died last Wednesday 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 one who had joined TF1 from its creation had decided to withdraw from the JT, on December 18, 2020, when he was at the height of his audiences.
Sick, the septuagenarian had however remained active on "JPP TV", an online platform to offer regional subjects created by TF1, and present on the LCI news channel (TF1 group) a weekly program called "Jean-Pierre et vous ".
In 2021, he also created a paper magazine, called "At the heart of the regions".
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