Pascal Sevran

Pascal Sevran was a French TV presenter and author.

Biography

Son of a communist taxi driver, and a Spanish seamstress, Pascal Sevran was born on 16 October 1945 in Paris. His real name was Jean-Claude Jouhaud. He worked as a songwriter, a singer, a TV presenter, and an author. He was openly gay. He was involved in a racist controversy when he blamed the "black penis" for famine in Africa. He died on 9 May 2008 in Limoges.

As Book Author

1979 : Le Passé Supplémentaire
1980 : Vichy Dancing
1982 : Un garçon de France
1995 : Tous les bonheurs sont provisoires
1998 : Mitterrand, les autres jours about his friendship with François Mitterrand
2006 : Journal ''''

As songwriter

He wrote many songs, including :Il venait d'avoir 18 ansComme disait Mistinguett

''C'est à Brasilia''

As TV show presenter

from 1984 to 1991 : La chance aux chansons on TF1 channel, then from 1991 to 2000 on France 2 channel.Chanter la vie Sing the lifeEntrée d'Artiste, his last TV show, stopped in 2007

As an actor

1991 : ''Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück''