Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was included in the price of their TV sets.

Career

Drucker was born in Vire. He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. Although he kept doing live coverage of major association football matches until 1986, he soon turned to hosting variety shows, such as ''

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'' on Antenne 2 in the 1980s, then '' Stars 90'' on

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in the 1990s, then finally '' Vivement dimanche'' on France 2 every Sunday afternoon since 1998. Drucker is known for his polite, toned-down attitude towards show-business stars, and is best known outside France for the incident between

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on the television programme, ''

''.

Personal life

Drucker is Jewish. His father, Abraham Drucker, was a Jewish immigrant who arrived in France in 1925 to study medicine. Drucker's younger brother, Jacques, is a doctor, and his older brother,

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, was a television executive. Drucker is married to French actress Dany Saval and is an uncle of Léa Drucker, an actress, and Marie Drucker, a telejournalist on France 2.

Filmography

Honours

National honours

* : ** Officer of the National Order of the

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(1994) ** Knight of the

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(1984)

Foreign honours

* : ** : Knight (2001), ''now'' Officer (2010) of the

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References

External links

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Vivement Dimanche

Michel Drucker biographie (in French)
1942 births Living people People from Vire 20th-century French Jews French people of Romanian-Jewish descent 20th-century French journalists French television presenters Knights of the Legion of Honour Officers of the National Order of Quebec Knights of the National Order of Quebec French male non-fiction writers Helicopter pilots {{france-journalist-stub