Jean-François Kahn is dead: who is his widow Rachel ?

This Thursday, January 23, 2025, Jean-François Kahn passed away at the age of 86. He leaves behind three children, including one with Rachel Assouline-Kahn.

© Cédric Perrin/BestimageThe journalist and columnist died on January 23 at the age of 86.

IN BRIEF

• Jean-François Kahn, journalist and founder of Marianne, died on January 23, 2025 at the age of 86.
• He was married to Rachel Assouline-Kahn, also a journalist.
• François Bayrou praised his “incredible creativity” and his humanist commitment.

This Thursday, January 23, 2025, Jean-François Kahn died at the age of 86. This famous journalist, columnist and essayist and brother of Axel Kahn, who died in 2021, was the founder of l’Événement du jeudi in 1984. Thirteen years later, he created Marianne. It was also the weekly that announced the death of its founder. He began his career as a journalist in 1959 and also joined the Communist Party.

Passing through Le Monde, L’Express, or even Europe 1 and France Inter, the journalist that many will call “left” will support François Bayrou in 2007. Two years later, he will be elected Member of the European Parliament.

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Jean-François Kahn father of three children including one with Rachel Assouline-Kahn

On the private side, the son of philosophy professor Jean Kahn-Dessertenne was married to Rachel Assouline-Kahn since 1977. Together, they had one child. From a first marriage, the journalist is also the father of two first children. His last wife is a journalist and producer.

She notably collaborated for four years on the literary program Boîte aux lettres. Journalist at L’Express, she will be responsible for the cultural magazine Aujourd'hui en France. When Jean-François Kahn’s death was announced, François Bayrou took to his X account to pay tribute to the journalist.

François Bayrou pays tribute to the journalist

Indeed, on the social network, it is written: “Jean-François Kahn was a giant and a rare man. The incredible creativity that drove him, his audacity, led him to found real period newspapers, the Thursday event, Marianne. He embodied ‘revolutionary centrism’, humanism and loyalty. We loved him.”

His party, the Modem, also wanted to express its condolences: “Jean-François Kahn. ‘Let’s get out of this binarism that is killing us and come together on a project’. As early as 2013, Jean-François Kahn campaigned for unity in order to ‘get out of systematic opposition’. Words that still resonate today.” Thus, the world of journalism and politics has lost a sometimes controversial personality who always supported his ideas, until the end.