THESE PERSONALITIES DIED IN 2024
October 18, 2021, a date forever marked in the memory of Bruce Toussaint. On this day, the one who officiates every morning of the week on TF1 with his show Bonjour ! had the pain of losing his mother, who died of a heart attack in a street in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. A date all the more striking for the journalist since he was able to quickly get there. He then saw his mother on the ground. On BFMTV, he confided in this “horror vision” : “When I arrived, she was lying on the sidewalk being resuscitated. Which won't happen because she won't get up again. It was a trauma”.
The impossible mourning of Bruce Toussaint
Subsequently, in a message widely shared and commented on on Twitter, now called X, he wanted to thank the “firefighters, emergency services and police” who had intervened, with “kindness and professionalism”. Several months after this tragedy, Bruce Toussaint has not forgotten anything, just like the tragedy which affected Patrick Puydebat. He lives with it. In an interview with Mondehe had these strong words: “my family and I are castaways from my mother”. From this practically impossible mourning, he even made a book, entitled “Fortunately, she did not suffer”published by Stock. “Bruce's father died of cancer which gave him no chance. He passed away as he lived, with discretion. A few years later, it was his much-loved mother, with a whimsical and funny personality. , who dies in the street of a cardiac arrest. How do we live with our dead? What should we do for those who remain? Should we protect ourselves from the radiation of grief and how can we do so?it is written in the description of the work. From this sad day, he also learned a rather surprising anecdote.
Just when he lost his mother, a fan came up and asked Bruce Toussaint for a photo… who accepted. He explains himself to Closer: “She couldn't have known what I was going through… And I didn't have the strength to tell him. So I took this photo with this lady, a few minutes after the firefighters' verdict was announced.”. Even today, this notoriety seems to bother him.
This side of his job bothers him
In the podcast Literary conversationsthe journalist returned to this subject. Which is a regret, obviously. “This notoriety in our profession is often a little more suffered than we imagine. […] When my mother died on this sidewalk on rue Dombasle, in the 15th arrondissement, I think about everything except my job, buthe catches up with me quickly. Too quickly, actually…”he confides. Before concluding with: “It’s quite heavy actually. […]I would have loved to have exactly the same career, but without the notoriety”.
Unfortunately for him, the notoriety is there. After a complicated start, its magazine tinged with good humor Bonjour ! accumulates good audiences every morning on Europe's leading channel. The morning show is watched by around 350,000 viewers each day. On social networks, he is also followed by more than 20,000 people on Instagram. But it is especially on X, formerly Twitter, that he is very popular, with just under 330,000 followers. He is particularly active there since he mainly posts the audiences for his various shows there. And in the family, the celebrity is likely to continue: his son, Noé, has decided to launch into rap. His name? Tenbris.
Sources used: BFMTV / TF1 / Literary conversations / Closer
Related News :