“An unparalleled longevity” at the service “People” … The tributes to the old star presenter of the “13 hours” of TF1, dead Wednesday, multiply.
Le Monde
It was one of the most popular personalities in France, the face of local information and the voice of the province: Jean-Pierre PERNAUT, ex-star presenter of the “13 hours” of TF1, s ‘Is off Wednesday, March 2, at the age of 71, suites of his lung cancer.
In the wake of the announcement of his death, the tributes of the world of television multiplied.
“Unparalleled longevity”
The TF1 channel, which he had presented the “13 hours” for thirty-two years, has expressed his” immense pain “, greeting his” unparalleled longevity [at the “13 hours”], rewarded with a fidelity without the public, until his last JT Friday, December 18, 2020. In this, he was part of the family of all the French, “said TF1. “He has put a point of honor to propose a newspaper that meets the daily concerns of our fellow citizens and invented the local information”, continued the chain. She recalled that he had “the great idea of creating, when he took the reins of the” 13 hours “in February 1988, a network of correspondents across the region, who contributed to the success of this edition” .
“He will remain for us all an example, said On Twitter Arthur, one of the flagship figures of TF1. His longevity, his love for France and the French have marked several generations of viewers. “
” Near people “
“My friend JPP made for years the JT that the French loved. And that the intelligentsia brooded … deep France is a widow,” Analysis for its part Another former colleague from Jean-Pierre Pernault on TF1, Jean-Pierre Foucault.
“It was simple, funny, sincere, close to people, passionate. I had the chance to be his columnist almost twenty years ago and his precious advice always accompanied me”, has greeted the journalist of RMC Estelle Denis
The producer of Miss France, Alexia Laroche-Joubert, praised Twitter the professionalism of his former colleague: “We had the chance to spend this evening together in December. You were weakened but you did not stop telling me how much you were happy to be the Honorary President. “
Political tributes have also been returned to him. “Not a hamlet of our country was unknown to him. Not a tradition of our terroirs were foreign to him. France of the territories loses this familiar voice and this reassuring face that spoke so well of her and knew so well to speak to him”, praised the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, on Twitter .
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, paid tribute to the one who, “for thirty years, made an appointment at 1 pm to the French and the French to transmit them the latest information, but also his passion for the France, our regions, our heritage. We will not forget it. “