She was the face of weather report on TF1 for 28 years. Catherine Laborde East dead This Tuesday, January 28. She suffered from the Lewy’s body diseasea degenerative disease sharing characteristics of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson.
Catherine Laborde was 73 years old. She died at her home this Tuesday, January 28 at her home in Yeu Island.
My darling,
You left serenely in your house in Yeu Island that you loved so much. There was around you Gabrèle and Pia, your daughters, and Jimmy their father.
And also your husband Thomas for your last days. Geneviève and I were with you last week: 1/3– Francoise Laborde (@frlaborde) January 28, 2025
The moving tribute of his sister
Her sister, journalist Françoise Laborde, pays tribute to him on social network X (formerly Twitter). “You gave us this huge gift to offer us the latest moments of conscience and lucidity. (…) You left my darling slowly, silently, soothed. ”
Born in Bordeaux, Catherine Laborde had arrived on television as an actress. In a Maigret TV movie, she plays an important role alongside Jean Richard. She continues a few other appearances on television, always as an actress.
She was also an actress and author
In 1988, TF1 hired him for his weather. She will be one of the faces until 2017. On January 1, 2017, Catherine Laborde concluded her latest bulletin with these words: “I take you with me. You will forget me. Me, no. I love you”. She will have marked the viewers by her simplicity, her sincerity and her proximity to them.
At the time, she had to hide the first signs of the disease on the screen. But she was quick to chain TV sets to testify to her fight against illness. She will also testify in her works. As in his latest work Sick love that she published in 2020. With her husband, she evokes the complex relationship between a disabled person and her caregiver.
