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- Léon Zitrone was born in Russia in 1914 and around 1920 he moved to France with his family. He graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris in 1948 and in 1959 he joint RTF. He was best known for hosting "Intervilles" alongside Guy Lux, commentating on the Tour de France on 6 times, hosting the French coverage for the Olympics between 1964 and 1992, commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and hosted the 1978 Edition alongside Denise Fabre.
- IMDb mini biography by: Luke Davies
- Co-host of "Intervilles" with Guy Lux. He's famous for the "j'ai perdu mes lunettes" that he said during one episode when he lost his glasses because of the crowd!
- He is one of 9 presenters to host and commentate on the Eurovision Song Contest. The others are Terry Wogan, Pat Kenny, Lolita Morena, Pavlo Shylko, Oliver Mlakar, Leyla Aliyeva, Harald Treutiger and Jaana Pelkonen.
- In 1978, following French singer Marie Myriam's victory the previous year, the Eurovision song contest took place in Paris. Léon Zitrone co-presented with Denise Fabre and made the presentation in English. He was the oldest host of the Eurovision Song Contest, aged 63.
- He died from a cerebral hemorrhage on his 81st birthday.
- He began by training in scientific studies but his mastership of Russian, French, English and German gave him entrance in 1948 to the radio foreign broadcasting services of Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF). In 1959, he joined the television activity of RTF.
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