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Léa Salamé was present at the funeral of Thierry Ardisson on Thursday, July 17
Media – Noir Thursday. Thierry Ardisson was buried this Thursday, July 17, the day after the broadcast on TF1 of the documentary dedicated to his life and produced by his wife the journalist Audrey Crespo-Mara. The funeral of the TV host who died of liver cancer took place in Paris in the presence of many guests, before a private family ceremony.
Thierry Ardisson had almost planned everything for his funeral, having been touched by the disease for more than a decade. Indeed, it is not only because it is the color of mourning and traditional burials that the crowd gathered in the Saint-Roch church this Thursday, July 17 was all dressed in black. The host had wanted to impose on the guests on the ceremony a dress code: a black suit, ” With or without dark glasses ». A piece from which he never separated himself, being nicknamed “the man in black”.
The host, who began his career in advertising, had also imagined the announcement of this ceremony, displaying this dress-code. Alongside a white silhouette of her face which stands out on a black background, you can read ” Dear friends, dear enemies, last good evening! »»as well as practical information related to the ceremony.
This Dress Code, all those who came to attend the ceremony of the funeral of Thierry Ardisson respected it. Starting with Audrey Crespo-Mara, the 3rd wife of the host of Everyone talks about it, with which he ended his life.
Among the guests on this list and who came to the ceremony, a mixture of several universes. That of the stars he frequented daily with Philippe Corticchiato, Patrick Timsit, Marc Lavoine, Jean-François Plage, Florent Pagny, Christian Louboutin, Laurent Voulzy, or Tom Villa. That of television with Michel Drucker, Léa Salamé, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, Arthur, Robert Namias, and obviously his acolyte of always Laurent Baffie. But also that of politics, notably with Brigitte Macron, Raquel Garrido or Jean-Michel Blanquer.
Black it’s black
Au Point On May 28, he had given details on what he expected from this ceremony ” I want incense, choir children … the total! I already have all the playlist in mind. I want us to listen to ‘Lazarus’ by David Bowie and ‘in My Life’ of the Beatles taken up by Sean Connery. »
At 4.30 p.m., the hearse with the homelessness coffin arrived in front of the Saint-Roch church, also black. Then, the ceremony started behind the closed doors of the religious building. The booklet was unveiled by our colleagues from BFMTV live. The latter, obviously black, displays a program similar to that which had imagined Thierry Ardisson. Between the magnetos of the highlights of her career and the family photo slideshow, Audrey Crespo-Mara spoke. There can also be an overview of the musical selection: Here it is over by Jean-Louis Aubert, The world by Jimmy Fontana and In My Life Beatles by Sean Connery.
The host died on Monday July 14 at the hospital surrounded by his wife Audrey Crespo-Mara and their children. After an evening of tributes on Tuesday July 15 on France 2 during which relatives of the presenter including Laurent Baffie and Léa Salamé had been invited to express himself, TF1 broadcast the documentary The hidden side of the man in black. Directed by his wife, he traces in 1:40 a.m. the career of the controversial and impertinent star of the small screen, who died on Monday from cancer at 76 years old. Combining interviews with loved ones, from Thierry Ardisson himself and archives, he also illustrates his fight against illness in the last months.
