On August 5, doctor and journalist Marina Carrère d’Encausse lost her mother, academic Hélène Carrère d’Encausse. This Saturday, December 30, she announced on Instagram the death of her father, Louis Carrère d’Encausse, at 95 years old.
On August 5, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, historian and first woman at the head of the French Academy, passed away at the age of 94. A difficult ordeal for his family, and especially for his children, the doctor and television presenter Marina Carrère d’Encausse, the lawyer Nathalie Carrère and the novelist Emmanuel Carrère. The presenter of Health magazine (France 5) appeared devastated during her mother’s funeral, before thanking Internet users for their support in a message published on Instagram. Saturday December 30, she once again faces the death of a loved one: her father, Louis Carrère d’Encausse, also died, at the age of 95.
It was on Instagram that Marina Carrère d’Encausse announced the sad news. To accompany a photo of her parents’ wedding, she wrote: “They were beautiful. It was 71 years ago. My mother died on August 5. My father left to join her that night four months later. I hope he found her.” Her farewell message was, again, widely commented on by Internet users, who sent their condolences to the presenter of the Health magazine (France 5).
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Marina Carrère d’Encausse, committed to the end of life
In addition to this new mourning, Marina Carrère d’Encausse must also prepare for the upcoming death of your companion, suffering from Charcot’s disease. She revealed her partner’s diagnosis on September 5. During the 8 p.m. news on France 2 on September 12, the doctor spoke about the end of her companion’s life, emphasizing that she was ready to end his suffering when the time comes – even if this goes against the Claeys-Leonetti law which governs the end of patients’ lives. Committed to the decriminalization of euthanasia, Marine Carrère d’Encausse campaigns for “die as you wishwhen we consider that life is no longer worth living”. His companion himself expressed the wish to“to have the choice, if possible legally, to be able to do exactly as he wantswithout the risk that a doctor could be worried.
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