Jean-Pierre Pernaut (; 8 April 1950 – 2 March 2022) was a French

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and broadcaster. He was widely known simply by his initials, JPP.

Biography

Pernaut was born in

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, Somme, on 8 April 1950. The regular presenter of station

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's lunchtime news bulletin, the ''13 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. Also

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of the

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, 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 the '' 13 Heures'', a considerable figure for a lunchtime news programme. From 1991 to 2010 he was also the longtime presenter of ''Combien ça coûte ?'' (''How much does that cost?''), a monthly consumer programme, again on

. Furthermore, from 1988 until his death Pernaut served on the

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as a representative of the firm's employees. Pernaut, partner of former

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, published his best-selling memoirs, ''Pour tout vous dire....'' (''To tell you everything...'' ), in 2005. Shortly before that, he published two volumes of ''Les 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 from

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on 2 March 2022, at the age of 71.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pernaut, Jean-Pierre 1950 births 2022 deaths French Confederation of Christian Workers members French television journalists French television presenters Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur People from Amiens Deaths from lung cancer in France