REPORT. At Thierry Ardisson's funeral at the Saint-Roch church in Paris, a crowd of VIPs and admirers dressed all in black

Around 500 guests at Thursday's funeral adhered to the dress code communicated by the host and producer's family. Just as many onlookers came to applaud the coffin, which was also entirely black.

A crowd of men and women in black said a "last goodnight" to television star Thierry Ardisson on Thursday, July 17, at his funeral at the Saint-Roch Church in Paris. The approximately 500 guests respected the dress code of the former TV host and producer, who died Monday at the age of 76. And just as many admirers crowded behind the barriers, applauding the varnished black coffin.

"That's it, it's over, " Jean-Louis Aubert's song closed Thierry Ardisson's funeral ceremony. A song that already concluded each of the last shows the host produced and presented on television over the past few decades. The host had thus planned everything, practically organized his own funeral: the soundtrack, but also the venue, the Saint-Roch church located just behind his apartment, in the Saint-Honoré district.

The church quickly filled with celebrities and guests dressed all in black, sometimes wearing sunglasses, in accordance with the dress code communicated by his close associates. Artists were present, such as Florent Pagny, Marc Lavoine, and Laurent Voulzy, as well as PAF personalities, presenters and politicians, from Léa Salamé to Robert Namias, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, Michel Drucker, Brigitte Macron, and Gabriel Attal. Laurent Baffie, his longtime television partner, was also present.

The ceremony began with the entry into the church of Thierry Ardisson's all-black coffin, his favorite color to the very end. The coffin was removed an hour and a half later to the applause of the crowd, several hundred admirers of the divisive presenter, the author of countless provocations throughout his 40 years on television. Onlookers remained crowded behind barriers throughout the entire ceremony, with no visibility. Thierry Ardisson was then buried in private.