2023-08-16 11:53:31
It is a familiar face of the small screen which disappears prematurely. Journalist Gérard Leclerc died at the age of 71, Tuesday August 15, in a plane crash he was piloting, around Lavau-sur-Loire, in Loire-Atlantique. “Very great journalist”, “a free spirit”, «honest man “, tributes parade on the social network X (ex-Twitter) to honor the memory of this television figure.
Gérard Leclerc was born on September 2, 1951 in Neuilly-sur-Seine from the union of senior UNESCO official Paul Leclerc and Ghislaine Téry, a musician. Through his father, he is the half-brother of singer and composer Julien Clerc.
The young Gérard grew up in a bourgeois environment and studied history at the University of Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne after his baccalaureate. He then entered the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, from which he graduated in 1976 and where he was a lecturer for two years.
One of the historical faces of France 2
His career as a journalist began on the airwaves of Europe 1 in 1978, first as an editor-reporter, then as a journalist in the economic department. After seven years on the station, he was appointed head of the economic department at RMC radio.
A few months later, Gérard Leclerc left radio for television and became one of the famous faces of Antenne 2, then France 2. He held various positions such as head of the economic and social service, war reporter, editor-in-chief of the “Télématin” program, deputy editor-in-chief.
From 2007 to 2009, he took on the role of editor-in-chief of the political, economic and social service at France 3, before being appointed president of La Chaîne Parlementaire-National Assembly until 2015. Since 2017, he has been an editorial writer on CNews and replied to Pascal Praud in his show “L’Heure des pros”.
The journalist is also the author of six books on various political personalities, including two biographies of Lionel Jospin.
Gérard Leclerc was married to Julie Leclerc, born Chantal Séloron, historic voice of Europe 1 for almost fifty years, with whom he had three children.
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