Back on air on Cnews since October 31, 2024 in Time for the pros, Pascal Praud went to his family in Nantes after losing his father Roger. Died on October 24, 2024 at age 90, his funeral was celebrated at the Saint-Similien church of Nantes, an important place for his parents.
He says in the JDD : “The Saint-Similien church in Nantes is awaiting its second bell tower, which the National Assembly voted for in 1902 before the law of 1905 separated Church and State. Farewell bell tower! My parents united their destiny there on January 31, 1959. 24,013 days later, my mother chose this church for her husband’s funeral. She is tested. She also thinks that she will one day find the man of her life“. Dejected by this loss, he also indicates with great emotion that no man is “prepared“to say goodbye to his parents.
As a reminder, West France had published the death notice of Pascal Praud’s father. “Michelle Praud, his wife, Pascal, Alain, his children; Morgane, Tiphaine, Faustine, Lou-Elise and Sybille, her granddaughters; Cathy, his daughter-in-law, is sad to inform you of the death of Roger Praud” could we read in the columns of the newspaper.
The funeral of Roger Praud celebrated in a symbolic place
In 2019, the host who also officiates on Europe 1 spoke of his parents’ marriage in this church by finding an archive of the newspaper West France: “January 31, 1959 in Nantes. Michelle Dubois marries Roger Praud, apprentice footballer at FC Nantes. The Ouest-France newspaper immortalized this moment. It was 60 years ago. Michelle and Roger kiss you.”
In February 2024, the father of Morgane, Tiphaine, Faustine, Lou-Elise revealed which song reminded him of his father: Algeria by Serge Lama. “I never listen to Algeria without thinking of the Sainte-Croix church in Nantes where every day, during the twenty-eight months that her son was under the flag, my grandmother lit a candle” he confided.
