François Corbier | |
Birth Name: | Alain Roux |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1944 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Évreux, France |
Nationality: | French |
Known For: | Co-presenter Club Dorothée |
Employer: | TF1 |
Occupation: | Television presenter |
François Corbier (17 October 1944 – 1 July 2018) was a French television presenter and songwriter.
Corbier was born as Alain Roux in 1944 in Paris.[1]
Corbier began his career as a songwriter in Parisian cabarets,[2] where he worked from 1962 to 1982.[1] He became a television presenter on Récré A2, a programme with singer Dorothée on Antenne 2, in 1982. He was a co-presenter of Club Dorothée on TF1 from 1987 to 1997.[2]
Corbier authored several songs, including Le Nez de Dorothée in 1986.[3] He released several albums, including Vieux Lion in 2015.[4]
Corbier performed alongside Dorothée at the Palais Bercy and Olympia in 2010.[3] He authored his autobiography in 2012.[3]
Corbier resided in Évreux, where he died of cancer on 1 July 2018, aged 73.[2] [4]