Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born 20 September, 1947 in Reims; known in France as PPDA) is a French journalist.
He has presented the main evening news on French Television since 1987.
He studied political sciences and Slavic languages in Paris.
He is married, and has 5 children; 3 daughters and one son with his wife Véronique, and a son with Claire Chazal.
He had an affair with Chazal (who is also a well-known news presenter in France) in the 1990s.

One of his daughters was anorexic.
She committed suicide, aged 19, in 1995.
She jumped in front of a metro train in Paris.
She left a note: "Thank you for everything, but I do not like life.
I want to be incinerated, and kept in a small box, but not thrown to the sea."
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born 20 September, 1947 in Reims; known in France as PPDA) is a French journalist. He has presented the main evening news on French Television since 1987. He studied political sciences and Slavic languages in Paris. He is married, and has 5 children; 3 daughters and one son with his wife Véronique, and a son with Claire Chazal. He had an affair with Chazal (who is also a well-known news presenter in France) in the 1990s.
One of his daughters was anorexic. She committed suicide, aged 19, in 1995. She jumped in front of a metro train in Paris. She left a note: "Thank you for everything, but I do not like life. I want to be incinerated, and kept in a small box, but not thrown to the sea."
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor