The news plunged the French into deep sadness. On August 23, 2012, Jean-Luc Delarue, emblematic host of France Télévisions who presented cult shows like It’s a story or It is discusseddied at the age of 48 from cancer of the stomach and peritoneum.
It was during a press conference that the presenter announced his illness. “I understood very quickly, because the doctors were perfect, and the nurses too, that I had cancer. I told myself that everyone was going to know, so I might as well be the one to say it“, he said. Following his speech, the host joked about his health concerns: “I have stomach and peritoneal cancer. With everything I’ve smoked and drunk in my life, I have nothing in my lungs, nothing in my liver.”.
Who is Anissa Khelifi, the widow of Jean-Luc Delarue?
Jean-Luc Delarue was known for his not always very healthy lifestyle. For many years, he had fought against his various addictions, notably to cocaine. This forced him to enter rehab a few years before his tragic death. A painful period during which he was able to count on the support of his partner Anissa Khelifi, a young model of Algerian origin whom he had met during an opening in Beaubourg in 2008. If love at first sight had been immediate, it was only in 2010 that they made their relationship official. In May 2012, they finally said “Yes” in Belle-Île-en-Mer, only three months before the death of the host. A union that did not only make people happy…
Legacy of Jean-Luc Delarue: what is Anissa Delarue’s fortune?
When Jean-Luc Delarue died, Elisabeth Bost, the mother of his eldest son Jean, took legal action to request the cancellation of the marriage between the host and his partner Anissa. The reason ? The law required that the deceased’s fortune be divided into two equal parts: one for his young wife, another for his son.
But despite her numerous attempts to oust her rival from the inheritance, Elisabeth Bost never won her case. The fortune of the animator – estimated at 22 million euros and which includes a large collection of works of art, real estate and the production company Réservoir Prod -, was therefore divided into two equal parts between Anissa and Jean Delarue.
Where does Anissa Delarue live? What it becomes today
After the tragedy, Anissa Delarue withdrew from media life. In May 2016, however, she agreed to return in front of the cameras as part of the show 50 mins Inside on TF1. “It is a privilege to have been loved by a man like Jean-Luc. (…) You know when you wear the white dress, it’s not to wear the black dress a few weeks later. We wanted to start a family, to grow old together“, she then confided. A wish that they unfortunately did not have time to realize. Besides, many wonder if Anissa Delarue remarried since the tragedy but according to the latest news, the answer is no.
Since this interview, Anissa Delarue has launched into a new activity. According to Feminineshe would live “between Switzerland and Istanbul where one of her sisters, Samira, lives, with whom she created, in 2018, the Ana Khel brand, a leather goods and fabrics house. A new life far from the spotlight for the widow of Jean-Luc Delarue, who categorically refuses interview requests these last years.
