The journalist and former presenter of the 13 hour from France 2 Benoît Duquesne, 56, died. He was found dead this morning on Friday morning on board his barge, in Ile-Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), reports Europe 1. The causes of his death would be natural.
Originally from Lille, he had completed his studies at the Higher School of Journalism before starting his career as a reporter to Europe 1 from 1982 to 1988. After a passage from a few years to TF1 where he worked for various magazines, he left for public service from 1994.
He became a joker presenter of France 2 television newspapers until 1997, but will also be corresponding to London from 1995 to 2000. Since 2001, the journalist has hosted the program Additional survey.
He was married and father of four children.
