This Thursday, January 23, 2025, Jean-François Kahn died at the age of 86. This famous journalist, columnist and essayist and brother of Axel Kahn, who died in 2021, was the founder of the Event on Thursday in 1984. Thirteen years later, it was Marianne that he creates. It was also the weekly which announced the death of its founder. It was in 1959 that he began his career as a journalist and also joined the Communist Party. Passing through both Le Monde, L’Expressor even Europe 1 and France Inter, the journalist that many will describe as “gauche” will support François Bayrou in 2007. Two years later, he was elected MEP.
Jean-François Kahn, father of three children, one with Rachel Assouline-Kahn
In terms of his private life, the son of philosophy professor Jean Kahn-Dessertenne was married to Rachel Assouline-Kahn since 1977. Together they had one child. From a first marriage, the journalist is also the father of two first children. His last wife is a journalist and producer. She notably collaborated for four years in the literary program Mailbox. Journalist at L’Expressshe will be responsible for the cultural magazine Today in France. Upon the announcement of the death of Jean-François Kahn, François Bayrou took to his X account to pay tribute to the journalist.
François Bayrou pays tribute to the journalist
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