Wednesday August 24, 2022, Michel Drucker granted an interview to Soir Mag. The 79-year-old host took the opportunity to discuss the death of his brother, Jean, and his close friends, such as Guy Bedos, Daniel Balavoine, but also Johnny Hallyday.
At 79, Michel Drucker has seen many people dear to his heart disappear… On April 18, 2003, the host’s brother, Jean, died at the age of 61 following an asthma attack in Mollégès, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. In an interview given to Evening Magthe presenter of Can’t wait for Sundayon France 2, lamented: “What marks in life are the personal dramas, the death of my brother Jean, an incurable wound. We were almost twins. I see life differently. I want to live the years that remain to me in happiness and joy.“Referring to his missing friends, Michel Drucker added:”When I leaf through the album of my shows, I see a cemetery. I feel more and more alone.“In recent years, the star has lost many friends, such as Charles Aznavour, Guy Bedos, Daniel Balavoine, Michel Berger and Johnny Hallyday.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019, on the set of the show It won’t get out of hereon France 2, the host had declared about the death of his brother: “It remains a terrible drama, especially since my brother died in frightening conditions. There are very few examples where you die of an asthma attack, there must be 2,000 cases in France, which is nothing. He had a very violent asthma attack in Provence, near my house, we were neighbors and he left us in a dramatic way the weekend when we were going to join forces.“Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Michel Drucker was the guest of Time for the pros on CNews. He then confided:It’s true that my life has become a desert because if I list all the people I’ve met who are no longer there, including the politicians… We are more than five of this generation. When Johnny Hallyday died, we were at the Madeleine with Eddy Mitchell and Sylvie Vartan… We could be counted on the fingers of both hands.“
Michel Drucker: “I have the impression of being a bit of an orphan”
In November 2021, for yahoo he confessed to thinking more and more about death. “When I was in the hospital for almost a year, I saw Christophe leave, I saw Brasseur leave, I saw Bedos leave, I saw Annie Cordy leave, I saw Pierre leave Cardin, I saw Juliette Gréco leave… All these people, they are people I have received ten times on my shows, which makes me feel like I am a bit of an orphan, because there aren’t many of us anymore, and we are no longer numerous to have known them as I have known them“, he had declared. Moved, Michel Drucker had added: “I’m going to find them, we’re going to do a hot TV show. So I tell myself that if I ever put the weapon to the left, I cross the mirror, I will perhaps have the enormous surprise of finding Romy Schneider, Mireille Darc and Jean Gabin.“