Thierry Ardisson, Trailblazing French TV Journalist, Host and Producer Known as the ‘Man in Black,’ Dies at 76

Thierry Ardisson, Trailblazing French TV Journalist, Host and Producer Known as the ‘Man in Black,’ Dies at 76

Thierry Ardisson, a staple of the French television landscape for nearly four decades who ruffled feathers as an iconoclastic journalist, host and producer of often explosive talk shows, died on Tuesday from liver cancer. He was 76. His wife, Audrey Crespo Mara, who is also a TV host and journalist, confirmed the news to French news agency AFP. “Thierry passed away as he lived: a courageous and free man,” she said in a statement. “His children…