This Wednesday, September 11, The Team sadly announced the death of Didier Roustan, an iconic figure in sports journalism, at the age of 66, after battling illness. During the show The Team by GregGrégory Ascher and his colleagues paid a vibrant tribute to their late friend and colleague.
“The lifelong president of the Evening Team has left us”. This is the title of the banner of this broadcast of The Team by Greg Wednesday, September 11, 2024. With palpable emotion, Gregory Ascher opened the show with a serious air, declaring: “I have to admit, it's rare to start a show by saying to yourself that you wish you hadn't done it. And rare to start a show by saying to yourself that we would have liked it to never exist. (…) But tonight, we're going to do this show, we won't forbid ourselves the smiles or the tears and together, we'll be there to salute the memory of the one who left us in such an abrupt, sad, disgusting way this morning.” In fact, the journalist Didier Roustan lost his life this Wednesday, September 11, 2024, of a fulminating illness.
In this difficult moment, the presenter recalled the immense impact of Didier Roustan on sports journalism and on his colleagues. The channel broadcast archive images illustrating the highlights of his career. “Today, football, you and us, we all have lost an inspiration, a respected journalist, a colleague, a frienda landmark for so many years.” Deeply upset, he concluded by expressing his support for the bereaved family, and hoping that “your soul will haunt this damn plateau for a long time to come.”
Didier Roustan: a poignant tribute and unforgettable memories
The emotion was at its peak when Bertrand Latour, another columnist of Greg's Teamtook the floor to share his memories of Didier Roustan. “Didier pissed me off a hundred times, but I'm proud to have been able to work with him, he definitely taught me things”he said, tears in his eyes. Grateful Didier Roustan's impact on sports journalismhe continued: “There will never be any more journalists like him, with his stature. (…) He never lied to himself, there was no pretense with him.”The sequence concluded with a vibrant tribute to Didier Roustan, to his indelible legacy in the world of sports journalism and in the hearts of those who knew him.
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