Frédéric Mitterrand left his mark on French political life. The former Minister of Culture, who had been battling cancer for several months, died this Thursday, March 21. Present on BFMTV, Roselyne Bachelot spoke of her memories with the politician who was 76 years old. She also returned to the last days of François Mitterrand’s nephew: “A few weeks ago, when we celebrated his birthday, I saw that he was obviously slowing down“, she confided with emotion. Before specifying: “But what is important to me is that he died at home. And I think he cared a lot about that“, she said.
Faced with a curious Yves Calvi, Roselyne Bachelot, who also held the post of Minister of Culture, agreed to say a few words about the apartment where the sick politician took his last breath: “It’s an apartment with books everywhere, memories, photos… We entered a completely incredible lair, the lair of a man of culture, a stone’s throw from the National Assembly, in this apartment quite extraordinary“, described the person concerned, who shared with Frédéric Mitterrand “love of music.”
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Stéphane Bern moved: he learns of the death of Frédéric Mitterrand live in C à vous
Roselyne Bachelot is obviously not the only public figure to have paid tribute to Frédéric Mitterrand this Thursday, March 21. Present on the set of C to you, Stéphane Bern learned directly of the disappearance of the man of letters. When this sad news was announced, the host had difficulty containing his emotion. However, he tried to come to his senses to salute the memory of the man who was the father of three boys.
“I’m very moved because, obviously, he was my role model, he was a friend“, he first confided, his voice hoarse. And continued: “I would have trouble talking about it in the past tense. I knew he was sick, obviously. We exchanged. He told me it was okay. I later got news from Jean-Gabriel, his brother. But it really touches me.“Guest in Time for the pros in April 2023, François Mitterrand revealed that he had been suffering from cancer since the start of the year. “Everyone knows that it is a very tough fight. But there are no other solutions: it’s make or die“, he then blurted out.
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