Death of Catherine Laborde: her sister Françoise struggles to hold back her tears on TF1 news

On Monday, January 28, the day of Catherine Laborde's death, TF1 paid tribute to the weather presenter. Her sister, Françoise Laborde, had a hard time holding back tears during the news.

Françoise Laborde was very moved while talking about her sister in the TF1 newspaper

IN BRIEF

• Catherine Laborde, former TF1 weather presenter, died on January 28, 2025 at the age of 73, as announced by her sister Françoise Laborde.
• She suffered from Lewy body dementia and had written books to raise awareness of this disease.
• Discover the moving tribute from his family and colleagues, celebrating his career and his unique personality.

The news will surely bring downpours of sorrow all over France: Catherine Laborde, weather presenter on TF1 from 1988 to 2017, died on January 28, 2025 at the age of 73. It was his sister, Françoise Laborde, who announced the terrible news on her X account (formerly Twitter). “My darling, you left peacefully to your house on the Isle of Yeu that you loved so much. There were around you 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.

Very close to her sister, the journalist will mourn her loss for a long time. Speaking via video at the opening of the TF1 news, she struggled to hold back her tears. Marie-Sophie Laccaurau opened her edition with these words: “Today, TF1 is in mourning. We learned this morning of the death of Catherine Laborde.She who accompanied you for more than 28 years, an emblematic figure of the weather on our channel between 1988 and 2017, she suffered from a neurodegenerative disease and has just left us at the age of 73. We pay tribute to her.” 

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Françoise Laborde pays a moving tribute to her sister: “She was a woman…”

Subsequently, a summary of the presenter's appearances in TF1 weather reports was broadcast on the channel. Louis Bodin, one of her meteorologist colleagues, spoke of this voice so characteristic, “&at the same time sweet and surprising, which translated exactly what she was”. Évelyne Dhéliat also intervened, speaking of the “keys to success of Catherine”: “her kindness”, which “was sweating through the screen”, and his “professionalism, of course”. 

Françoise Laborde, her eyes full of tears,  then rendered à in turn a tribute à her sister: “She was a cultured, elegant, and at the same time refined woman. ;eacute;e and frivolous, who loved life, who loved to laugh, who loved spending time with his friends< strong>, who liked to stay in pajamas with his cats, who liked to go to the museum, who liked to listen to music”. A portrait full of contrasts that would undoubtedly have been adored hear the sun of TF1.

Catherine Laborde, her fight against the disease

Since years, Catherine Laborde fought against the disease. To free speech on Lewy dementia, she had even wrote two books, one with her husband, Thomas Stern, called Amour malade.

In 2020, she had granted an interview with Paris Match. She confided in her ailments and the importance of those close to her in her fight: “He helps me (…)  Thomas accepts these fluctuations that the illness imposes on me, with at times great emotional flights and suddenly, everything that falls apart eacute;fait in an inexorable manner”, she delivered in particular about her éhusband.