Bernard Pivot died this Monday, May 6 at the age of 89. Some television personalities such as Anne Sinclair, Stéphane Bern, Jean-Pierre Foucault and Cécile Bois have paid tribute to the presenter ofApostrophes And Culture broth.
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A television monument has just passed away. Bernard Pivotemblematic host of the shows Apostrophes And Culture broth, died this Monday, May 6 at the age of 89. It was his daughter Cécile Pivot who announced the sad news of his death in Neuilly-sur-Seine to AFP in the morning. Although he was on all fronts, Bernard Pivot had become increasingly rare on television screens. The journalist had even resigned from the Goncourt Prize of which he was president. He explained this subject in an interview with Sunday newspaper in April 2023: “I stopped television to anticipate what would have inexorably happened: the weariness of the public (…) At 84, I resigned from Goncourt to give my place to a younger writer. Finally, to my deep regret , I abandoned my column of JDD because I was sick, disabled, and I could not no longer write as I did for your readers, for our readers, if I may, for more than a quarter of a century.”
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Death of Bernard Pivot: Anne Sinclair pays tribute to “a great guy”
The death of Bernard Pivot arouses strong emotion in the world of television, starting with Jean-Pierre Foucault who paid tribute to the literary journalist on X this Monday, May 6: “He knew how to make us love books, writers! The joy of watching him on television… He made us intelligent, put us within his reach. Thank you Bernard Pivot!” Another television personality to have paid tribute to Bernard Pivot: Anne Sinclairthe former host of 7 out of 7 on TF1 which reacted on BFMTV this Monday: “He ensured that the reading was shown on television at relatively prime time with extraordinary attention (…) He was a great guy (…) He was gay, funny, deeply sympathetic and deeply true.”, she pointed out.
The tribute from the former director general of France Télévisions to Bernard Pivot
Stéphane Bern expressed his emotion following the disappearance of Bernard Pivot in a message on X: “Sadness. Bernard Pivot, the man who made us love books is bowing out (…) He was always cheerful, funny, mocking and infinitely good. Thoughts of his family.” The former director general of France Télévisions, Patrice Duhamelalso paid tribute to the memory of Bernard Pivot: “I liked him very much. We saw each other often, including quite recently. I had lunch with him at the end of last year and what struck me was the incredible kindness of people towards -vis him. Absolutely incredible popularity. He was a kind of rock star of reading, of literature. We walked a few hundred meters together between his restaurant and his home and people stopped him every meter. It was absolutely extraordinary.” he told BFMTV.
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