Sylvain Augier, famous television host, died on Saturday March 16, 2024 at the age of 68report our colleagues from TV Magazine. He leaves behind a career marked by iconic shows such as Do not dream And The Treasure Map. Originally from Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), he made his radio debut on France Inter before becoming a familiar figure in public service. Passionate about thrills, he practiced extreme sports. “I tried to go fast, to race with automobile competitors on water, on sea, in the air, on the road, I have fulfilled my life“he assured in the Buzz TV of FigaroOctober 12, 2023. But his life was not free of inner struggles. Diagnosed as bipolar in the 1990s, Sylvain Augier kept his fight secret for a long time, even during his filming. “I was hiding. I didn’t want to show my colleagues and the public that I was suffering.”he confided to Figaro.
Sylvain Augier: “I’m afraid of suffering, but not of death”
Despite his on-screen popularity, he struggled with moments of despair that led him to suicide attempts. But he was always supported by his wifeCarole: “She’s still here, with two adorable children. I was unbearable when I was bad. But she never left, she’s here”he declared in the C8 show, At Jordan’sin October 2023. After retiring from television in 2014, he had retired to the south of Francewhere he wrote his autobiography I am coming back from faroffering a poignant testimony about his fight against illness. “Bipolarity is an illness from which there is no cureit is a chemical illness, however, it can be treated with psychiatrists”he explained on the set of At Jordan’s. His departure leaves a void in the French media landscape, even if he is today replaced by Cyril Féraud at the presentation of The treasure map on France 3. “I’m afraid of suffering, but not of death“assured Sylvain Augier on the set of Buzz TV.