Accompanied by his wife, he evokes this neurodegenerative disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which gradually destroys motor neurons, causing muscle weakness, then complete paralysis. The disease has deprived him of this voice recognizable among all, for any self -respecting sports enthusiast. For the purposes of TF1 reporting, Charles Biétry was able to talk about, thanks to the reconstruction of his voice made possible by artificial intelligence.
His fight against illness, his sports memories
Former Director of Sports of Canal+, Biétry faces with courage with this pathology which first affects the muscles of the members, then those of the language, of the mouth, and finally of breathing, hampering vital functions. In the calm of his Breton house, far from the tumult of big cities, he shares his memories and his struggle, marking a poignant moment for this man who marked the history of sports journalism.
According to the telegram, the former sports journalist told Audrey Crespo-Mara that he only has “a few weeks or months to live. »»
-“A courageous and luminous testimony, an ode to life”, according to TF1 which evokes the “fight of Charles Biétry to continue laughing with his family, until the end, the memories of a happy professional life, and its disappointed hopes On the bill on end of life: he evokes the provisions he has taken to remain master, until the end, of his destiny ”. In April 2023, he explained to the team registered in Switzerland for assisted suicide: “I do not want to be connected to a machine to breathe when there is nothing more, more of the future. I don't want to suffer and above all make my family suffer. We organized everything with my wife and children. […] I don't want to die badly. »»
