The presenter of the 1 p.m. newspaper in France might not hide her emotion, this Sunday, November 20, by announcing the death of a person who was dear to her.
Hard to hold back tears. This Sunday, November 20, as she was preparing to close the 1 p.m. news on France 2, Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi might not hide her emotion.
“There are news that we would like never to have to announce,” she begins. Very quickly his voice gets carried away, his face freezes and emotion takes over: “We learned of the disappearance of Pascal Josephus, a great gentleman of television”, announces the very moved presenter.
Under the influence of emotion, the journalist is forced to pause to pick up the thread. She then evokes “a great professional who helped launch many programs like” Taratata “, “Froufrou”. The President, Delphine Ernotte Cunci salutes this followingnoon “a lord of public television”.
Despite her palpable sadness, Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi is trying somehow to finish her announcement: “He was 68 years old and we are thinking of his family, his children and his loved ones. This is the end of this edition. Thanks to you. Have a nice day,” she concluded.
“Lightening Disease”
Alternately director of the antennas of TF1, La 5, France 2 and France 3 and manager of the first media agency Carat, Pascale Josephe was a man of the media. In 1994, he also founded a consultancy firm where he used his audiovisual expertise: IMCA. In 2015, he almost reached the presidency of France Television once morest Delphine Ernotte following a very close vote.
His family announced his death today to AFP. His relatives evoke “a devastating illness” which carried him off at 68.
Delphine Ernotte, the president of France Television paid tribute to him in a press release and saluted “the memory of a lord of public television who had made it his passion and always knew how to translate into action his high idea of public service with always a desire to be useful to all French people”.
He was at the origin of well-known programs and programs as Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi recalls: “Right of Response”, “Taratata”, “Le Cercle de Minuit”, “Froufrou”, “Bas les Masques”, ” Geopolis” or the “L’Institut” series.
On Instagram, Nagui, current presenter of “Taratata”, paid tribute to “a great gentleman of TV” forever in his heart.