2024-03-20 19:42:13
Michel Drucker was very close to Sylvain Augier, who died on March 16 at the age of 68. In an interview for Midi Libre, the host paid tribute to the memory of this great professional who left his mark on the small screen.
The “link was very strong” between these two figures of French television, Michel Drucker confided to our colleagues. Even following Sylvain Augier left television in 2005, the two hosts remained very close.
Michel Drucker, Sylvain Augier’s best friend in the profession
“We were very friendswe called each other from time to time”, explained Michel Drucker. The two monsters of the small screen have known each other for decades. “He wrote a section ‘France seen from the sky’, when I was doing Studio Gabriel. But I had known Sylvain for a very long time, I met him just following his paragliding accident.” he continued, recalling his friend’s accident in 1988 in the Hautes-Pyrénées.
Sylvain Augier then hosted the iconic France 3 show “La Carte aux Trésors” until 2005, the year he was ousted from the program. Despite everything, the two friends never lost contact. The deceased host explained on October 19, on C8: “I have kept a very close friendship with Michel Drucker, who is certainly my best friend in this profession“. And for good reason, the two presenters had a common passion. “We shared hours in helicopters together”explains Michel Drucker.
Michel Drucker discusses the health of Sylvain Augier before his death
Still on the subject of Sylvain Augier’s accident, which occurred when the host was 33 years old, Michel Drucker underlines: “he almost lost his foot, he always suffered from it, I always saw him under sedative He was in so much pain.”
Ia few months ago, Michel Drucker received his lifelong friend in Vivement Dimanche for the release of his book, in which he confided, among other things, regarding his bipolarity. “I found it tired and worried, not soothedbecause he suffered from bipolarity and that worried him a lot“The journalist, moved, then shares his sadness: it saddens me that he left so early, he was young. He was a very courageous person.”
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