2023-10-06 16:33:00
The fame of a public figure is also measured by the people present at his funeral. The funeral of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, who died this Tuesday at the age of 86, was held this Friday followingnoon at the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. After the Grand Rabbi of France Haïm Korsia, Emmanuelle Blach, the daughter of the former journalist, and Alain Duhamel, friend of the former boss of France Télévisions, delivered the eulogy, while many politicians and journalists were present to attend the tribute.
There was a large crowd to pay tribute to the memory of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
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“Was he a father like the others? Absolutely not”, Emmanuelle Blach (from behind) paid tribute to her father Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
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The emotion of Emmanuelle Blach, supported by the writer Nicole Avril, widow of the former journalist, whom he met in 1972
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Friend of the ex-boss of France Télévisions, Alain Duhamel presented the program “Cartes sur table” with Elkabbach on Antenne 2
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“I think he will have been the best interviewer for half a century,” said Alain Duhamel, during a funeral eulogy.
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Sitting next to Nicole Avril during the ceremony, Brigitte Macron was present at the Montparnasse cemetery
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Former President of the Republic François Hollande was in the front row during the ceremony
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Many politicians were present, such as Sébastien Lecornu, Gabriel Attal, Arnaud Montebourg, Xavier Bertrand and Anne Hidalgo
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The brotherhood of journalists was there too, with Léa Salamé and Pascal Praud
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Wreaths of flowers were placed on the grave of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, whose portrait placed next to him displays him alongside his books
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