It is a figure from “old-time TV” who is disappearing: the host Jean-Pierre Descombes, who presented the very popular show The 8 p.m. Gameson FR3, from 1976 to 1987, died at the age of 76, Sunday June 30, 2024, his son announced to AFP on Monday.
He died at his home from Parkinson’s disease, a neurological illness he had suffered from for more than ten years, according to his son Romain Descombes.
A long-term career
After The 8pm GamesJean-Pierre Descombes had been the voice-over for other successful entertainment shows in the 1980s and 90s, The right price et A gold family on TF1.
From 2018, he participated in Cyril Hanouna’s broadcasts on C8, such as Do not touch My TV ! or The big laugh.
The unforgettable face of the “8pm Games”
But Jean-Pierre Descombes remains best known for The 8pm Gamesborn at a time when there were only three channels in France.
In this program which competed with the television news of TF1 and Antenne 2, general knowledge questions were asked of celebrities on set and anonymous candidates in duplex from a provincial town.
The show was presented by Jean-Pierre Descombes, microphone in hand in the audience from the province, and other hosts on set, including Marc Menant, Jean-Pierre Foucault, Harold Kay and the referee Maître Capello (pseudonym of linguist Jacques Capelovici).
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In the 2000s, Jean-Pierre Descombes switched to hosting trade shows, galas or events such as the tour of former glories of the 1960s and 70s. Tender age and wooden head in 2012.
