Death of Catherine Laborde: “I didn’t expect…”, Evelyne Dhéliat devastated to say goodbye to her lifelong friend

Catherine Laborde died on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at the age of 73. After the announcement of his disappearance, her friend Evelyne Dhéliat spoke to Paris Match.

© COADIC GUIREC/BESTIMAGE Evelyne Dhéliat and Catherine Laborde at the launch party of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation's “My Positive Impact” campaign at Espace Vivendi in Paris, March 11, 2015.

IN BRIEF

• Catherine Laborde, former TF1 weather presenter, died on January 28 at 73 years old at Île-d'Yeu.
• Evelyne Dhéliat, a close friend, was shocked by the news, despite the deterioration of Catherine's health.
• Catherine Laborde has shown exemplary resilience in the face of illness, inspiring those around her with her strength of character.

A true figure of French television, Catherine Labordepresented the weather on TF1 for more than 30 years. On Tuesday, January 28, however, her sister announced sad news. The 73-year-old woman has “passed away peacefully” at her home in Île-d'Yeu, in Vendée.

The announcement of Catherine Laborde's death was a real shock for her close ones. Among them, her lifelong friend, Evelyne Dhéliat. She was attending the New Year’s greetings ceremony of the Minister of Ecology Agnès Pannier-Runacher, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, when she learned the terrible news. “I came home quickly” she then confided to Paris Match.

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Catherine Laborde éhad stayed in touch with Evelyne Dhéliat

During her career at TF1, Catherine Laborde éhad become a close friend of Evelyne Dhéliat. A relationship that had lasted despite her diagnosis of Lewy body dementia. “We saw each other, we had dinner together, with her husband Thomas. But in this disease, there are ups and downs. There are times when we called each other and others where we spoke more by SMS. Then it became more complicated…” the weather presenter recalled.

If the health of Gabrièle and Pia's mother had gradually degraded, Evelyne Dhéliat did not imagine that her friend would leave her so quickly. She explained: “I knew that çit was not going very well, but I still did not expect it to be so fast. Çdid a shock”.

The host had “not loweredé THE arm” face &agrav; illness

In December 2018, Catherine Laborde revealed êbe reached of neurodegenerative disease. Despite the absence of curative treatment, Thomas Stern's wife had decided to embark on a real fight. “She was a fighter. Physically, she could give an appearance of fragility, she &was very small, but how strong she was in temperament” confided her friend.

For Evelyne Dhéliat, the former weather presenter was a model of resilience. “She didn't give up in the face of this difficult illness and I never saw her complain. She said, “I'm asking her to side, I continue to live’” she testified. A beautiful state of mind that well illustrated her strength of character.