(FILES) French journalist and TV host Jean-Marc Sylvestre smokes a cigarette as he attends the women's singles final between Belgium's Kim Clijsters and US' Jennifer Capriati during the Roland Garros 2001 French Open tennis tournament on the Philippe Chatrier centre court in Paris on June 9, 2001. French journalist Jean-Marc Sylvestre, a self-described liberal who was for many years the face of business news on French TV news channel TF1, has died aged 79 "following a long illness", the Atlantico website for which he wrote announced on July 21, 2026. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP via Getty Images)