Sophie Thibault will be at the helm of the special program surrounding the national funeral of Guy Lafleur, this Tuesday.
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She will host this meeting presented live, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on TVA, LCN and TVA Sports.
For these five hours on the air, Sophie Thibault will notably be surrounded by Félix Séguin, Frédérique Guay and Jean-Charles Lajoie from TVA Sports, as well as Julie Marcoux from TVA Nouvelles.
The TVA Nouvelles helicopter will also be used to capture aerial images near the Marie-Reine-du-Monde cathedral, in downtown Montreal, where many people will converge, very early, to pay homage to the Demon. blond.
This is the first time that Sophie Thibault will host such a funeral, a way of adding a “string to her bow”.
“It was always Pierre Bruneau who took on this role, but since he has COVID, it was I who made the four-hour special [dimanche] on the waves of LCN and there it falls in my court to replace Pierre tomorrow for the national funeral of Mr. Lafleur”, said Mme Thibault in interview with QMI Agency.
The experienced anchorwoman was planning to watch the state funeral of Bernard Landry, celebrated in November 2018, on Monday evening, in order to prepare for the big day on Tuesday.
“There is a religious vocabulary to master, you have to know the places, there are a lot of things to know, the rhythm of the ceremony, etc. It’s five hours of broadcast,” said M.me Thibault.
“It’s an event that affects so many Quebecers, many people felt they knew Guy Lafleur personally,” she added.
Several other networks will also broadcast the national funeral of the famous number 10 of Sainte-Flanelle. This is the case for ICI Télé, RDI, Noovo and RDS.