Iconic character in the world of football, Didier Roustan passed away on Wednesday, September 11, at the age of 66. The journalist had been fighting for several weeks “No rest against the disease”writing The team – He was one of the figures of the daily sports television channel since 1999. Words that confirm those published minutes before on the social network sharing his “emotion” upon the news of the death of this “Passionate Cannes resident, attached to red and white”who loved football and “especially the king of sports and beautiful stories.”
Born in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) in 1957, Didier Roustan settled in Cannes by adoption when his family settled on the Côte d’Azur in the early 1960s. As a teenager, he played as a sweeper for AS Cannes, before abandoning the dream of a professional career. It was in this city that he developed an inordinate passion for football. Until recently, he continued to regularly share it on the programme “L’Equipe du soir”, of which he held the honorary title of “president for life”.
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