Death of Sophie Garel: here is the date and place of the funeral of the presenter who died at the age of 84

The media world has been in mourning since Thursday May 14, 2026, the date on which the family of host Sophie Garel announced her death at the age of 84. The essential figure of RTL since the end of the 1960s, passed away following an illness. This Tuesday, May 19, AFP journalist Jean-François Guyot relayed on his X account (formerly Twitter) the information transmitted by the deceased’s entourage concerning his funeral. His funeral will take place on Friday May 22, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. The religious ceremony will be celebrated in the Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus Church, located in Boulogne-Billancourt in Hauts-de-Seine. For the moment, those close to the star have not communicated any details as to the location of his burial.

The date and location of the funeral of actress Sophie Garel, revealed

After the announcement of his death last Thursday, the tributes multiplied. Like that of her lifelong accomplice, Fabrice, with whom she formed one of the most memorable duos on radio. “She made me laugh a lot, she was very funny, she had a sense of humor, wit and self-deprecation. So what I’m going to miss the most is his sense of derision.”he reacted to the microphone of RTL. For his part, Laurent Ruquier took to his Instagram account to share a moving message. “Sophie or ‘Mémène’ as Fabrice called you, it was you two who made me want to do radio. Your wit, your pleasure of being on the microphone while seeming to be doing it over your head, your laugh, your taste for puns, for all that, thank you. As soon as you no longer worked at RTL, you came with me to France Inter, then France 2, Europe 1 and back to RTL with Les Grosses Têtes and the reunion with Fabrice…For all that, thank you again.”he wrote. The host also benefited from his show The Big Heads to send a message of support to Thomas, the host’s only son born in 1970. “We obviously have a thought for Thomas, her son, whom she had with Jean Yanne and who is perhaps listening to us… I kiss Thomas.”he declared on the air.

Sophie Garel: her tumultuous relationship with the father of her son, Jean Yanne

Sophie Garel leaves behind her only son, Thomas, a 56-year-old painter who lives in New York, whom she had with the actor Jean Yanne, who died in 2003. The host returned to her love story “Complicated” with the father of her son. In an interview given to Ciné-Télé-Revueshe remembered the violence of their breakup when she announced her pregnancy. “Let’s say he didn’t want the pregnancy to be terminated, but he told me: ‘You gained a child, you lost the man’.”she revealed. On the set of Non Stop People in March 2021, she did not hesitate to describe“odious” this companion with a very « male » and castrator for her career as a star host. “He was demanding, severe. He had a bit of the truth, and with regard to the woman (…). I know that I had been offered some somewhat amusing things: a film, a record… For him, it was all crap! “You shouldn’t have touched that.” A difficult temperament which had fortunately softened over the years.