(FILES) French TV host of the literary program "Apostrophes" Bernard Pivot (R), talks to French writer Paul Pavlowitch, nephew of the writer Romain Gary, on July 03, 1981 on the set of Antenne 2 in Paris. Pavlowitch, personified "the writer" Emile Ajar, Goncourt 1980 and invention of his uncle Romain Gary. Bernard Pivot will put an end to his program "Bouillon de culture" which succeeded "Apostrophes" on France 2 at the end of June 2001. French TV host and writer Bernard Pivot who hosted famous TV program "Apostrophes", died on May 6, 2024 in Neuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 89, his daughter Cecile Pivot told AFP. (Photo by Georges GOBET / AFP)