On August 23, 2012, Jean-Luc Delarue died at the age of 48 from stomach cancer. A sad 10th anniversary of the disappearance of one of the most emblematic faces of Paf that TF1 has decided to mark with the broadcast of Jean-Luc Delarue: 10 years already, of excess success. The opportunity in particular to return to his marriage, three months before his death, which surprised many. Laurianne Chouraqui, director of programs for Reservoir Prod, talks about the reason that led the host to marry Anissa Khel, when he knew it was the end.
“Anissa came to a time in his life where he was extremely fragile and wanted to get closer to normality in fact“, she said. The young woman indeed met Jean-Luc Delarue during an exhibition of Louise Bourgeois in Beaubourg, while the latter faced many hardships. “Anissa was there a time in his life where he encountered a lot of hardships, both the arrest, the end of the addiction, the fight against the addiction, and the fight against the disease. So Anissa she was there to live it with himsaid Laurianne Chouraqui facing the camera. And I think that if he decided to get married, when maybe he knew it was the end, it was because he needed to no longer be alone.” No longer being alone and finally getting closer to normality, he who had always advocated the spectacular during his life.
An intimate ceremony at Belle-île-en-mer
It was in Belle-Île-en-mer that Jean-Luc Delarue and Anissa got married on May 12, 2012. A ceremony in small committee as we can see thanks to the unpublished images unveiled. But after the disappearance of the producer, Anissa Delarue found herself embroiled in a stormy legal battle, which pitted her against Elisabeth Bost, mother of Jean, the son of Jean-Luc Delarue. A war based on heritage – estimated at 22 million euros, of which the last wife of Jean-Luc Delarue finally emerged as the winner.