Jacques Chancel

Jacques Chancel
Born
Joseph Crampes

(1928-07-02)2 July 1928
Ayzac-Ost, France
Died23 December 2014(2014-12-23) (aged 86)
Paris, France
OccupationTV presenter

Jacques Chancel, (Joseph André Jacques Régis Crampes; 2 July 1928 – 23 December 2014) was a French journalist and writer. He was known for being the radio host of Radioscopie and Le Grand Échiquier for 22 years. Chancel was born in Ayzac-Ost, France.

Chancel died at his home in Paris from cancer, aged 86.

Biography

As a child, he dreamed of going to Mainland Southeast Asia, where an adventurous uncle trained elephants and ran a rubber plantation.

He claims to have been born in 1931; his teacher had altered his records to make him appear three years older so he could enroll in the Montargis School of Communications and be deployed to Indochina.Assigned as a radio correspondent in Saigon, Joseph Crampes changed his name to Jacques Chancel at the request of the security services.

References

  1. ↑ Jacques Chancel est mort, Le Figaro (in French)
  2. ↑ Jean-Paul Billo. "Les conversations fécondes de Jacques Chancel". France Bleu.fr.
  3. ↑ Marie Martin. "Jacques Chancel est mort". francetvinfo.fr.
  4. ↑ Pierre Matthieu. "Jacques Chancel. « J'ai été vieux trop tôt »". La Dépêche.fr.

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