Pascal Sevran was a French TV presenter and author.

Biography

Son of a communist taxi driver, and a Spanish tailor, Pascal Sevran was born on 16 October 1945 in Paris. His real name was Jean-Claude Jouhaud. He worked as a song-writer, a singer, a TV presenter, and an author. He was openly gay. He was involved in a racist controversy when he blamed the "black

Black people

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 penis" for famine in Africa. He died on 9 May 2008 in Limoges

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As Book Author

• 1979 : Le Passé Supplémentaire
• 1980 : Vichy Dancing
• 1982 : Un garçon de France
• 1995 : Tous les bonheurs sont provisoires
• 1998 : Mitterrand, les autres jours about his friendship with François Mitterrand
  François Mitterrand
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• 2006 : Journal (personal dairy)

As songwriter

He wrote many songs, including :

• Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
• Comme disait Mistinguett for Dalida
  Dalida
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As TV show presenter

• from 1984 to 1991 : La chance aux chansons (chance to songs) on TF1
  TF1
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   channel, then from 1991 to 2000 on France 2
  France 2
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   channel.
• Chanter la vie Sing the life
• Entrée d'Artiste, his last TV show, stopped in 2007

External links

• Pascal Sevran
• Pascal Sevran in der Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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