First host of ‘Fort Boyard,’ Patrice Laffont, dies of heart attack

Patrice Laffont, the first host of the Fort Boyard show, died at the age of 84, French President Emmanuel Macron shared a post about this on X, Report informs.

“Numbers and letters, Fort Boyard, Pyramid: Patrice Laffont brought entire families together in front of the television. My condolences to his loved ones and to the generations he left such a mark on,” reads the post.

As reported, Patrice Laffont passed away this morning from a heart attack at his home in France.