As you know, Jean-Pierre Pernaut left us last week, leaving an entire France in great sadness. The talented journalist leaves behind his wife Nathalie Marquay and four children. Two great of forty that he had from a first union and his last two with the former Miss France. Tom and Lou are still very young, 18 and 19 years old, but it is certain that their father gave them given already a good example.
Nathalie Marquay must rebuild her life without him
One thing is certain, life will never be once more for Nathalie Marquay who will have to start a new life. As a reminder, the couple was married for twenty years. The journalist and the Miss lived a real fairy tale. We remember that Nathalie Marquay said when she met him for the first time that she had met the man of her life. The pretty brunette was not mistaken regarding the rest of her destiny.
And you might say she married a true warrior who survived two cancers. A first of the prostate from which he recovered. A second on a lung of which he was operated. Alas, his third cancer on the second lung will have been fatal to him. However, Jean-Pierre Pernaut was doing very well for a few more weeks before his disappearance. For example, during his stay in Maldives last Christmas, we might see it with a smile. The good news is that he was able to enjoy his whole family during this vacation. No one imagined that these would be the last. However, Nathalie Marquay’s husband preferred not to have the results of his treatment before leaving. Did he have a bad feeling? In any case, the SMS sent the day following his death by his wife is totally heartbreaking… Find out for yourself.
The last heartbreaking SMS from Nathalie Marquay
Nathalie Marquay is a courageous woman. Indeed, even completely devastated by the disappearance of her husband, she managed to grant an interview on the TF1 channel. Her husband worked for the group for over 50 years, so it was only natural that she would give them priority. In the JT 8 p.m., the pretty brunette was talking to him as if he might hear her and it was very touching to see. ” Honey, if you hear me, people still love you, people are still loyal!“, she sent him with tremolos in her voice.
Luckily, Nathalie Marquay is particularly well surrounded. Everyone loved Jean-Pierre Pernaut and the couple so well matched. To remind you of the good souvenirs, it was thanks to Jean-Pierre Foucault that they met. Moreover, the day following the death of the journalist, she immediately sent him a message. “The day following her husband died, Nathalie texted me: ‘He loved you so much. He said you were the two elders. I miss him so much already…’”he said during an interview for our colleagues from Paris Match. Jean-Pierre Foucault rightly said: I think he is also missed by all the French. We can only confirm these remarks.
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A deep mutual admiration
The two Jean-Pierres of television crossed paths throughout their respective careers. “We made the debut of the chain privatized in 1987, when no one believed in Francis Bouygues’ ‘mason’s TV’. Like me, he didn’t want to show off, he shunned Parisianism, he hated flattery. He just wanted real life.” revealed the show’s former flagship host Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? Nathalie Marquay also remained a simple woman by her side.
Funeral of Jean-Pierre Pernaut: Gilles Bouleau greets “an extraordinary journalist” and “a great guy” pic.twitter.com/72ZBmNcU2x
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There was a lot of respect between the two colleagues from the TF1 channel. They always kept a bond, even if they didn’t see each other often. ” We never saw each other much, but we used to talk and text« , explained Jean-Pierre Foucault. Indeed, this is called right friendship in a way. It’s like seeing an old friend once more. We haven’t seen him for years, but it’s like we’ve never left him. This is a bit of the reaction that the husband of Nathalie Marquay generates with the others. He was close to everyone in all circumstances.
