Former host of “The Treasure Map” Sylvain Augier has died. He was 68 years old. Because he is bipolar, he published a book about his illness a few months ago. The exact circumstances of his death are still unknown.
For many he will remain one of the faces of the shows dont dreamwhich he hosted from 1990 to 1999, and The treasure map, from 1996 to 2005. Sylvain Augier died on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at his home in Sommières in the Gard. The public journalist and presenter was 68 years old. While Le figaro Although he only announced his death this Tuesday evening, little further information has been revealed about the exact circumstances of his death.
Born in Toulouse on May 7, 1955, the man who had once considered moving to ENA finally began his career as a radio reporter for France Inter in 1979. Moderator of Sexy slides At Antenne 2 in 1986, Sylvain Augier also worked for TF1 and Sud Radio. However, his primary career was in public service.
An illness that became public last fall
In the fall of 2023, Sylvain Augier published a book entitled I come back from far away, in which he revealed that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the 1990s. He was 35 years old at the time. “I had this crazy energy and then moments of weakness that I didn’t understand,” says in his work the man who spent the rest of his career hiding his ailments.
On the set of FigaroSylvain Augier recently confessed: “I was hiding. I didn’t want to show my colleagues and the public that I was suffering.” And to remind myself again: “I curled up in the back seat of a car so that no one would recognize me before I hosted a television show and did that I’ve done it for years!”
The journalist tacitly stated at the time of publishing his book that he had attempted suicide several times before being admitted and treated. Since then, Sylvain Augier assured him, he had no longer had suicidal thoughts. However, his bipolar nature caused Sylvain Augier to withdraw from the world of Little Lucrne in 2014.
