Lafaucheuse 3,671 Posted May 5 Actually… he can’t even move his face when his wife kisses him. Pretty sure he’ll be dead by 2027 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,062 Posted May 5 17 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: Actually… he can’t even move his face when his wife kisses him. Pretty sure he’ll be dead by 2027 He looks like Boris Johnson marrying his 4th wife in 15 years' time. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 3,671 Posted May 6 Bernard Pivot dead at 89. +10. Quite unexpected. unique DDP pick of mine. 1 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantomasss 177 Posted May 6 Oh non, the saddest death of this list... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 3,671 Posted May 6 45 minutes ago, Fantomasss said: Oh non, the saddest death of this list... big death and sad one yes, but not to forget that his show was the main platform for peadocriminals (fellow pick Matzneff, Tony Duvert, far right activist Renaud Camus and others) and he apparently discussed the legalization of pedophilia with Catherine Dolto in 2001. Not to say it’s his fault, I get what you say. Wouldn’t consider him the saddest hit of the list this far anyway, Presle or Badinter would take it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,275 Posted May 6 31 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: Bernard Pivot dead at 89. +10. Quite unexpected. unique DDP pick of mine. To quote the late great Joan Rivers: ”89, unexpected? More like 89, about god damn time!” 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,291 Posted May 6 48 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: Bernard Pivot dead at 89. +10. Quite unexpected. unique DDP pick of mine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantomasss 177 Posted May 7 By Reading différent articles about Pivot's death, a lot of titles for his necro seem possible : L'épilogue d'une vie, La mort du Roi Lire, Fermez les guillemets... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
La Tombe 269 Posted May 7 2 hours ago, Fantomasss said: By Reading différent articles about Pivot's death, a lot of titles for his necro seem possible : L'épilogue d'une vie, La mort du Roi Lire, Fermez les guillemets... Je valide pour « l’épilogue d’une vie » Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantomasss 177 Posted May 8 20 hours ago, La Tombe said: Je valide pour « l’épilogue d’une vie » Oui moi j'ai un gros plus pour le titre qui faisait un jeu de mot en référence au roi Lear de Shakespeare And in King Lear i think the king dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 3,671 Posted 12 hours ago 6th of may 2024 Hit n°10 Le roi Lire est mort Bernard Pivot, prominent TV host, journalist, writer and literary critic has died aged 89 to propel the score of our French deathlist into the dozens. Pivot was born in Lyon in 1935 and studied law before moving to Paris to pursue a formation in journalism. After having worked for Le Figaro, Pivot created his own literary journal called ''Lire''. He then moved on and became the host of the literary TV show ''Ouvrez les Guillemets'' from 1973 to 1974. That latter year, he founded the TV show ''Apostophes'', in which he received such famous and acclaimed writers as Marguerite Duras, Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov or Françoise Sagan. The TV show ended up being one of the most famous program of the time and attracted 2 to 3 million viewers every Friday before its end in 1990. The next year, Pivot hosted another prominent cultural show called ''bouillon de culture'' in which he received figures of the literary, artistic, political and sport worlds. This illustrious program came to an end in 2001, an event which contemporary academician and historian Pierre Nora described as a "national mourning". After his successful TV career, Pivot was elected as a member of the Academy Goncourt, one of the most prestigious french literary prize : he then succeeded Edmonde Charles Roux as its president in 2014, an occupation he kept until 2019. During his lifetime, he also founded both the French Spelling Championships and the World Spelling Championships which came to an end in 2005 and wrote several books about literature, dictionaries and the experience of the reader. After his retirement in 2019, he experienced a period of ill health ans succumbed to a cancer while being picked at the 18th position this year. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
