Death of Catherine Laborde: her sister Françoise devastated, she reveals the poignant circumstances of her death

Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Catherine Laborde died at the age of 73, after battling Lewy body disease for many years. A few minutes after this terrible announcement, her sister, Françoise Laborde, explained in what conditions she had breathed her last.

© Bestimage Catherine and Françoise Laborde éwere very close.

IN BRIEF

• Catherine Laborde, famous weather forecaster, died on January 28, 2025 at the age of 73, after battling Lewy body disease.
• Her sister Françoise Laborde shared a powerful message on X.
• Discover how Catherine Laborde left her mark with her career and her courage in the face of illness.

The world of television mourns one of its leading weather presenters. Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at At the age of 73, Catherine Laborde has died. It was her family who announced the sad news to Agence France-Presse. The one who had stopped presenting the weather on TF1 for several years was fighting against the terrible Lewy body disease, a disease similar to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

A few minutes after the announcement of this disappearance, her sister, Françoise Laborde, spoke on her X account, formerly Twitter. She explained that she had breathed her last at home, surrounded by her loved ones. “My darling, you left peacefully to your house on the Ile d'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. Geneviève and I were with you last week“, she wrote at first.

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Catherine and Françoise Laborde spent a last moment together a few days ago

During their last moment between sisters, all three of them were able to recall the good memories. “And we were able to laugh again between sisters while recalling our childhood memories, talk about Mom and Dad and also sing you the songs you loved. You gave us this immense gift of offering us last moments of consciousness and lucidity“, added the journalist devastated by the disappearance of her older sister.

In a final message on the social network, Françoise Laborde wanted to share a quote from Charles Baudelaire. “You left my darling very gently, silently, peacefully. We love you so much. This morning 'the low and heavy sky weighs like a lid, on the groaning mind prey to long boredom' Charles Baudelaire 'Spleen'.”

Catherine Laborde had been fighting against the illness for years

In November 2024, Catherine Laborde spoke on the set of C &agrave you to confide in her about the fight she was leading against the neurodegenerative disease she was diagnosed with in 2014. Since the announcement of her death, tributes have been pouring in. The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, for example, paid tribute to on X “a familiar presence” who “was part of our homes, with his gentleness and his smile“.