2024 - “I wanted him to know”: this phone call from Nathalie Marquay to Florent Pagny just after the announcement of his cancer

This Tuesday, May 17, Nathalie Marquay was the guest of Touche not at my post on C8. Jean-Pierre Pernaut’s widow revealed that she called Florent Pagny after her husband’s death. Explanations.

It is a loss from which Nathalie Marquay is struggling to recover. “We survive. The more days pass, the worse it gets. (…) I have the impression that he is going to cross the door and he does not cross it“, deplores the widow of Jean-Pierre Pernaut. Two and a half months ago, the emblematic presenter of the 13 Hours of TF1 died, shortly before his 72nd birthday, while he was fighting a second lung cancer. “He didn’t die of cancer“, however specifies Nathalie Marquay this Tuesday, May 17 on the set of Do not touch My TV. Jean-Pierre Pernaut suffered from thrombosis and stroke. “In all, he had twelve mini-strokes and the thirteenth was fatal“, she details, before explaining: “In January, he did a PETscan and there was no trace of the cancer. Doesn’t mean he was completely cured, maybe three months later there would have been something again“.

Shortly before the death of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, at the beginning of last January in the middle of the filming of The Voice, Florent Pagny learned that he also had lung cancer. “I have just been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in the lung, which cannot be operated on. I have to go into a protocol of six months of chemotherapy and x-rays“, he announced then. Seeing the tragic fate of the journalist, the singer undoubtedly feared for his life. a reassuring phone call from Nathalie Marquay. “I had called Florent Pagny because I absolutely wanted him to know that Jean-Pierre had not died of cancer.“, she reveals. “Because I want it to remain dynamic as it is. I think Florent Pagny is admirable as he is and I thank him because he gives people a lot of hope“, rejoices Miss France 1987.

Is Florent Pagny cured of his cancer?

Since then, the news has been positive for the coach of The Voice. On May 10, he came out of his silence to keep his fans informed of his state of health. “The protocol worked rather well, since my tumor as big as a kiwi turned into a hazelnut“, he affirmed. After the telecrochet final of TF1, Florent Pagny will continue with his “last chemo, and then it’s over!“, he revealed to our colleagues from Gala. And to develop:Once I finish my last chemo, my sixth, I’m going to fix myself, enjoy life, my loved ones close to nature and it is a chance. I will check regularly during these six months of break. Then I’ll be back“. The singer intends to end his 60th anniversary tour with great fanfare.

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Nathalie Marquay
The widow of Jean-Pierre Pernaut revealed that she called Florent Pagny after the death of her husband, who was fighting lung cancer

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Jean-Pierre Pernaut and Nathalie Marquay
“He did not die of cancer”, specifies however Nathalie Marquay

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Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Jean-Pierre Pernaut was a victim of thrombosis and stroke: “In all, he had twelve mini-strokes and the thirteenth was fatal”

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Jean-Pierre Pernaut
And to explain: “In January, he did a PETscan and there was no trace of the cancer. That does not mean that he was completely cured, maybe three months later there would have been something again”

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Florent Pagny
Shortly before the death of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, at the beginning of last January in the middle of filming The Voice, Florent Pagny learned that he was also suffering from lung cancer

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Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Seeing the tragic fate of the journalist, the singer undoubtedly feared for his life

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Nathalie Marquay
So Nathalie Marquay wanted to give him a reassuring phone call: “I had called Florent Pagny because I absolutely wanted him to know that Jean-Pierre had not died of cancer”

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Jean-Pierre Pernaut
“Because I want him to remain dynamic as he is. I find that Florent Pagny is admirable as he is and I thank him because he gives people a lot of hope”, continues Nathalie Marquay.