EXCLUDED – Christophe Dolbeau, widower of Jean-Pierre Coffe, confides on his grief difficult : “I lived in hell for months” – Gala

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The death of Jean-Pierre Coffe was totally taken by his companion Christopher Dolbeau. For Gala, he tells of the days that is very painful and have followed the loss of the loved one. “I slept more, I couldn’t turn on the radio, the tv”, he says.

The disappearance of Jean-Pierre Coffe, who died at the end of march 2016 at the age of 78 years, has plunged the media world in a great sadness. The whimsical gourmet critic for a pair of round glasses, as the we listened to the radio in the Big Heads on RTL, It will impede on Europe 1, but also on television with Michel Drucker, had marked his public of his famous rants against junk food.

We knew the public persona, the less his private life. His companion Christophe Dolbeau says in an interview at the Gala, in kiosks this Wednesday, September 27, how the two men met. “I was working in a guest house in le Mans. One day, Jean-Pierre came to get signatures, with Alain Baraton (the gardener of Versailles). They were looking for a nice place to end the evening, we went to drink a glass all together. I admit that I did not know who he was “, he remembers. The beginning of a beautiful story : in 2004, they moved all the two in a house near Chateaudun, Eure-et-Loire.

Has the death of Jean-Pierre Coffe, Christophe Dolbeau has obviously been deeply disturbed. He recounts how it was difficult to grieve. “This was very violent, it was the days after his disappearance. I slept more, I couldn’t turn on the radio, the tv. I have lived in hell for months, I could not go out of the house , “he recalls.

Interview by Delphine Germain

>> Find the full interview in issue 1268 of the Gala, in kiosks this Wednesday, September 27

Jean-Pierre Coffe

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