Jean-Daniel Flaysakier, born Jean-Daniel Flajszakier (23 September 1951 – 7 October 2021) was a French doctor and journalist. He was the health and medicine correspondent for and

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from 1980 to 2018.

Biography

Born as Jean-Daniel Flajszakier, he francisized his name to Flaysakier. He earned a

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from the

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and worked on the team which developed the first

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. He then earned a master's degree in

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from

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. Upon his return to France, he worked for written press, radio, and television. From 1985 to 1991, Flaysakier was a health columnist on the Antenne 2 morning show ''

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'', hosted by

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. He then became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of France 2 while simultaneously working in oncology. He contributed to the popularization of medicine on television, where he worked for 33 years. On 7 October 2018, he announced on his

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account that he would be retiring from France 2 at the end of the month. He was occasionally criticized for his comments on unjustified medical acts. Flaysakier died of heart failure in

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on 7 October 2021 at the age of 70.

Publication

*''Santé publique et responsabilité des médias'' (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flaysakier, Jean-Daniel 1951 births 2021 deaths French television journalists University of Tours alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni Writers from Tours, France French physicians