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| Born | (1950-04-08)8 April 1950 Amiens, France |
| Died | 2 March 2022(2022-03-02) (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Employer | TF1 |
| Known for | Host of theJournal de 13 heures (1988-2020) |
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| Children | 4 |
Jean-Pierre Pernaut (French:[ʒɑ̃pjɛʁpɛʁno]; 8 April 1950 – 2 March 2022) was a Frenchnews presenter and broadcaster. He was widely known simply by his initials, JPP.[1][2][3][4]
Pernaut was born inAmiens,Somme, on 8 April 1950. The regular presenter of stationTF1's lunchtime news bulletin, the13 Heures (1pm) between 1988 and 2020, Pernaut's combination of avuncular personality and authoritative delivery made him one of France's most popular news readers.
Alsoeditor-in-chief of thebulletin, Pernaut long promoted a deliberate policy of trivial content in each edition, usually running items about local culture and traditional crafts towards the end of the broadcast.
The approach won a regular audience of between seven and eight million for the13 Heures, a considerable figure for a lunchtime news programme.
From 1991 to 2010 he was also the longtime presenter ofCombien ça coûte ? (How much does that cost?), a monthlyconsumer programme, again onTF1. Furthermore, from 1988 until his death Pernaut served on theboard of directors ofTF1 Group as a representative of the firm's employees.[5]
Pernaut, partner of formerMiss France winnerNathalie Marquay, published his best-selling memoirs,Pour tout vous dire.... (To tell you everything... ), in 2005. Shortly before that, he published two volumes ofLes magnifiques métiers de l'artisanat (Splendid trades of the craft industry), which were glossy, but informative, tomes devoted to the subjects which have made his news bulletins so distinctive.
Pernaut died fromlung cancer inParis on 2 March 2022, at the age of 71.[6]
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