Death of Daniel Bilalian, former presenter of the JT of France Télévisions, at 78 years of age

Journalist Daniel Bilalian, emblematic figure of France Télévisions, died on 14 May 2025 at the age of 78 years of a disease. Julian Bugier, presenter of the JT of 1 p.m. on France 2, paid him a vibrant tribute at the opening of his newspaper.

As a public audiovisual figure, the journalist died at the age of 78 on Wednesday, 15 May, as a result of a disease.

An emblematic face of public service information and sports, Daniel Bilalian has marked the minds of those who have come with him. David Pujadas, Béatrice Schönberg, Nelson Monfort... They tell us.

Daniel Bilalian, former presenter of the television newspapers of Antenne 2 then France 2 and former patron of the sports service of France Télévisions, died on Wednesday at the age of 78. Figure of the public audiovisual for more than 40 years, he had retired in the autumn 2016. On LCI, Patrick Chêne, his former colleague, pays tribute to him. - Death of Daniel Bilalian: "Elegance before everything", greets Patrick Chêne on LCI (Culture, media …

A pillar of the public audiovisual sector, the former reporter and presenter of the televised newspaper will have marked the French television.

Daniel Bilalian was also the sports director of France Télévisions from 2004 to 2016. He died on Wednesday at the age of 78 as a result of a disease, his family announced.