This Saturday, the city of Abbeville, on the Somme, dedicated its market to Jean-Pierre Pernaut, inscribing his name in silver letters on the pediment, reports the parisian. The former emblematic figure of the TF1 JT, who disappeared on March 2, was from the neighboring town of Amiens.
Among those present, the mayor of the UDI of the city Pascal Demarthe, the mayor of Eaucourt-sur-Somme Henri Sannier, a former journalist and close to the presenter, and two children of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, Julia and Olivier.
The journalist was a “defender of the aims of France”, “picardo and proud of her”, “of great simplicity”, said the elected of the city, praising his “veracity when speaking” and recalling the adjectives he used to speak. about the nearby Baie de Somme: “wonderful, magnificent…”
A “touching” tribute
Olivier Pernaut found the Abbeville tribute to be “super nice, poignant and moving”. “He had created the most beautiful market in France. It makes sense. Thanks to the municipality,” he added to the newspaper.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut died at the age of 71 on March 2. He revealed that he had lung cancer. He had spent 33 years at the head of the 1:00 p.m. newspaper on TF1.
Source: BFM TV
