Catherine Laborde's relatives all wore the same accessory at the funeral of the late TF1 weather presenter.
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IN BRIEF
- Catherine Laborde died on January 28 at the age of 73, surrounded by her family on the Ile d'Yeu, after battling Lewy body disease since 2014.
- The funeral took place on February 6, 2025 at the Saint-Roch church in Paris, with a dress code symbolized by a red rose in tribute to Catherine Laborde.
- The family asked not to bring flowers but to make donations to the association of caregivers and patients with Lewy body.
The terrible news broke on January 28th. “My darling, you left peacefully in your house on the Isle of Yeu that you loved so much. Around you were Gabrièle and Pia, your daughters, and Jimmy their father. And also your husband Thomas for your last days”, published on Instagram Françoise Laborde, making official the death of her sister, Catherine, à at the age of 73.
The former TF1 presenter had fought a long battle against a neurodegenerative pathology, Lewy body disease since 2014, with which she had been diagnosed in 2014. “I think it's the illness that will take her away, at one point or another. It's a shame, I would have liked it to last a long time, but I know that there will come a time when it has to stop”, she tragically predicted on the show Sept à huit, in 2020.
Catherine Laborde's funeral: this detail dress code respected to the letter
This Thursday, February 6, 2025, Catherine Laborde's relatives met at the Saint-Roch church, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, to pay a final tribute to the deceased. Shortly before the start of the religious ceremony, the guests gathered in front of the religious building. Photos taken at the gathering highlight a red rose on the lapel of their coats. The wink refers to a real flower named Catherine Laborde.
They were also several to wear it at the entrance to the church. These include Françoise and Gabrièle Laborde, sister and daughter of the deceased, but also Thomas and Sarah Stern, husband and daughter-in-law of the former TF1 star or Evelyne Dhéliat. Other celebrities have been spotted around Saint-Roch. The photos reveal the presence of Daniel Lauclair, Guy Carlier, Véronique Genest, Jean-Luc Reichmann, Pascal Praud, François Bayrou and Sébastien Follin.
Catherine Laborde's funeral: this specific request from the family
While we do not know precisely who dictated the dress code for Catherine Laborde's funeral, Jean-François Guyot reports that the family did not want to see “neither flowers nor wreaths” at the burial.
The relatives of the essential figure of French meteorology have called to make donations “&to the association of carers and patients with Lewy bodies (http://a2mcl.org ), the disease from which Catherine Laborde suffered”.
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