This Tuesday, February 13, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau announced the sad news in her news.
Journalist
Maurice Olivari
died today at the age of 76.
A witness to the news for more than forty years, he was one of the channel's emblematic figures.
“The entire TF1 editorial team joins me and shares the grief and pain of his family,”
declared the journalist.
The causes of his death have not been communicated.
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After starting out at ORTF, he joined TF1 in 1976. Correspondent, man in the field, he engaged viewers all over the world in his reports.
New York, Washington, Bangkok, Hong Kong... before finding its base in Rome.
He remained in Italy for more than twenty years.
Correspondent in Italy for TF1
It covers the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi in 1994 and becomes a reference on papal news.
Maurice Olivari follows all of Pope John Paul II's trips abroad.
Every year he enjoyed the splendor of the Venice carnival.
With his hoarse voice, he described the daily life of our European neighbors with humor.
Without forgetting his voice-over comments which often spiced up the subjects.
He was also a war reporter in Libya and Iraq in 2003.
“A voice, a face and what talent”
posted Thierry Thuillier, deputy general director of the information center, on his X account (formerly Twitter).
A message that echoes that of Olivier Ravanello, director of digital information at TF1 and LCI:
“The right word, the finesse of an analysis or the strength of a sequence shot.
From the East at war to complicated Italy, Maurice Olivari was a reference for TF1, becoming a colleague whom I was never able to speak on familiar terms.
Salvo
.