Family : Change residence 1949 (Moved to Paris)
Relationship : Marriage 16 December 1970 (Alix Dufaure) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death of Mate 2 May 2012 (Alix Dufaure) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Work : Prize 25 March 2016 (Commander of the Legion of Honour) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death, Cause unspecified 31 March 2020 (Age 82) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French journalist who started his career as an intern for France Soir. He joined France Dimanche in 1956. He became a reporter for Jours de France in 1961. He became the editor-in-chief of Le Nouvel Observateur, another magazine, in 1966. He subsequently joined Les Grosses Têtes, a radio programme. He was also a contributor to Vivement Dimanche, a television programme hosted by Michel Drucker. His father, André Bénichou, was a philosophy professor who opened a private school after he was dismissed from his job for being Jewish in 1941, in the midst of World War II. One of his fathers pupils was famous author Albert Camus. His paternal uncle, Paul Bénichou, was a historian. His paternal grandparents were practising Jews. He moved to Paris, France, in 1949. Bénichou was married to Alix Dufaure; she died in 2012. Actor Vincent Lindon is his stepson by his widows first marriage. He also had a son, Antoine. He became a Commander of the Legion of Honour on 25 March 2016. Pierre Bénichou died on 31 March 2020 at age 82 in Paris. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less