Mike Horn experienced a tragedy that still haunts him: the death of his wife Cathy, in 2015. Guest of the show En Aparté, this Thursday, December 19, the 58-year-old adventurer returned to the touching words that the father of the family when his wife was about to die.
In 2015, Mike Horn lost Cathy, the woman of his life. His wife died after dying from breast cancer at the age of 51. This drama had a profound impact on the explorer. Known for his resilience, the one who animated In the wild on M6 spoke about this drama in the show Seven to eight on TF1 in 2022. “I was lucky to have an extraordinary wife. I was married to her for 28 years”he declared, not without emotion to Audrey Crespo-Mara. From their union two daughters were born, Annika and Jessica. And since the disappearance of their mother, the two young women, very close to their dad, are invested in their father, have taken in charge of managing their father’s press relations.
In the columns of ParisianMike Horn had also confided in the role his daughters had in the pursuit of his careerfollowing the death of his wife. “After the death of my wife, my daughters gave me the freedom to leave”confided the explorer, before adding that his broadcast projects had even more “soda [sa] family”.
Mike Horn: his poignant confidences about the death of his wife
This Thursday, December 19, Mike Horn was the guest of the show As an asidebroadcast on Canal+. The opportunity for the adventurer who has lived in Switzerland for many years to talk about the past, especially his wife, his pillar for life. The explorer who crossed the entire world, in sometimes perilous conditions, explained that being away from his family had sometimes been very difficult to manage. When his wife tells him she is fighting devastating breast cancer, the South African-Swiss adventurer loses his footing. “I was so in love with my wife,” he declared to Nathalie Lévy, before mentioning his wife’s illness.
“I was so in love with my wife, what she did for me when she was really sick… I told her: ‘I want to die with you, my life has no meaning without you’“he remembered, before talking about what she replied to him. “She told me the famous words: ‘You must not die for me, but you must live for me’. It’s strong, it’s incredible that a woman who has given everything, gives again“, he added, his voice trembling. Nine years later, this sentence still resonates in Mike Horn’s head.
