The disappearance of a parent can have serious consequences. Just like François Hollande, whose father Georges died recently in a nursing home, or Cyril Féraud, who confides that the death of his father transformed him, Denis Brogniart was upset by the death of his father, which occurred when he was still very young. In the issue on newsstands Thursday June 4, 2020, Release dedicates a portrait to the host of Koh Lanta. The famous journalist confided in particular on the trauma that caused him this premature disappearance. On May 16, in 50 ’Inside, Denis Brogniart had returned to the death of his father, tears in his eyes. He died of cancer at the age of 49. “He was younger than me today, and when I discuss his pathology today with doctors, they tell me that if he had had it yesterday, we would have saved him thanks to the advances we know today ”, he said then.
“An orphan pathology”
It is for this reason in particular that the host decided to engage in the fight against cancer, in front of the Arc Foundation's ambassador. For his part, Denis Brogniart wants to stay in shape. On Instagram, he regularly shares videos and photos of his sports sessions, most often on his exercise bike. At the beginning of May, internet users laughed at his original (and sexy) sports outfit … Release further indicates that “since he passed the fateful age, he lives by surviving.” But although he says to himself "relieved ” to be "went further ” that his father, the 52-year-old sports journalist, suffered after-effects. “From this early trauma, he inherited a raw hypochondria”, write our colleagues before specifying: “He paid his right of way by triumphing over an orphan pathology that ate his cheeks here is some time. ” Do not panic, Denis Brogniart is now doing wonderfully.
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