Overview

• Ardisson succumbed to liver cancer in Paris on July 14, 2025, his family announced via AFP.
• President Macron awarded him the Légion d’honneur in early 2024 and the Élysée praised his voice, silhouette, curious irreverence.
• As “L’homme en noir,” he reinvented late-night TV with formats like Tout le monde en parle (1998–2006) and Salut les Terriens (2006–2018).
• He won a Paris appeals court ruling in October 2024 securing €2.9 million in damages after C8’s abrupt 2019 cancellation of his show.
• His wife, journalist Audrey Crespo-Mara, is set to premiere a posthumous documentary on his life and career this autumn on TMC.