Pascal Sevran

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pascal Sevran

| image = Pascal Sevran 31102003.jpg

| caption = In 2003

| birth_name = Jean-Claude Jouhaud

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|10|16}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|5|9|1945|10|16}}

| death_place = Limoges, France

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Chanson

| occupation = Singer
TV shows
Songwriter
Book Writer

| years_active = 1979–2007

| associated_acts = François Mitterrand

}}

Pascal Sevran (16 October 1945 – 9 May 2008) 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.{{citation|title=Pascal Sevran |date=1 June 2008 |url=http://www.tetu.com/rubrique/mag/mag_n100_detail.php?id_type=5&id=94 |accessdate=6 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018031532/http://www.tetu.com/rubrique/mag/mag_n100_detail.php?id_type=5&id=94 |archivedate=18 October 2007 }} He was involved in a racist controversy when he blamed the "black penis" for famine in Africa.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110145155/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1574817,00.html Racism Unfiltered in France] He died on 9 May 2008 in Limoges.

Bibliography

= 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 (personal diary)

=As songwriter=

He wrote many songs, including :

Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
Comme disait Mistinguett
C'est à Brasilia (music : Henri Betti)

=As TV show presenter=

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