The funeral of former host Evelyne Leclercq will be held on January 13. His colleague, Danièle Gilbert, paid tribute to his memory and spoke of his long-standing fight against illness.
On December 30, we learned of the death of the former announcer and cult host of TF1, Evelyne Leclercq. She was only 74 years old but had been battling lymphatic cancer for years. Since her departure from the small screen, she had not retired and had briefly shared the stage with Danièle Gilbert.
Evelyne Leclercq “really left too soon“
Guest on RTL in the show We’re doing TV againDanièle Gilbert was questioned about her relationship with her colleague, Evelyne Leclercq. “She was a very, very pretty girl, very calm, very serene, very kind. She had a joy of living, in fact I think she really left too soon“, she declared, with emotion. And added: “She was what you call a beautiful person to me. She was an interesting girl who was interested in others too (…) She was sunny.”
Evelyne Leclercq was an announcer on TF1 in the 1970s when, for her part, Danièle Gilbert was on the air with variety shows like Noon Thirty Then Midi Premiere. It was during this period that they got to know each other and the relationship lasted over time. So much so that in 2019, they were to play together – and with Sophie Darel – at the theater…
Evelyne Leclercqalready sick” in 2019
During the interview, Danièle Gilbert also returned to the piece entitled The Glorious Three that they barely played “three times“before confinement rears its ugly head.”When we rehearsed the piece, she was already sick and the courage she had! Plus, she really worked a lot.“, underlined the former TV presenter.
Evelyne Leclercq, who is dead”surrounded by her family, following a very long illness“and a”faced the ordeal with extraordinary courage carried to the end by the love of one’s loved ones” in the words of her daughter Céline, appeared physically changed by the illness in 2020. At that time, appearing emaciated and losing hair, we learned that she was suffering from lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system).
The ex-husband of the presenter, Jacques Olive, told The Dispatchon the last moments of the life of Evelyne Leclercq that she “had been in Grasse, in palliative care, for some time. It was a trying time. She was taken care of at the Sainte-Brigitte clinic.”
