Death of Cathy Sarraï (Super Nanny): she did everything to hide her illness and fought until the end

Nobody has forgotten Cathy Sarraï, alias the very first Super Nanny of French television. In 2005, viewers discovered her in the shoes of the famous educator who helps parents who encounter difficulties with the education of their children. Particularly strict but also very benevolent, Cathy Sarraï immediately won the hearts of viewers. Unfortunately, on January 20, 2010, she died following a long illness, at only 47 years old…

At that time, the media suggested lung cancer, but in the end, it was indeed breast cancer that got the better of the tall blonde. However, she had already conquered the disease for the first time. But that wasn’t enough. A few years later, the fight resumed with a vengeance… “Many organs were affected. She had an 80% chance of getting out. She thought it was huge, and was full of hope. But a 20% chance of dying is a lot…“, said her best friend Aouatef in the columns of Paris Matchin 2010.

A fierce fighter

Even after months of struggle, Cathy Sarraï is convinced: she will pull through. “When we had to suspend the filming of ‘Super Nanny’ last fall, she always found excuses to explain her absence. She did everything so that we didn’t know anything…“, then remembered Bibiane Godfroid, director of programs at M6. A week before dying, she was making plans for the future. She had decided to go to the Fiji Islands but also to fly to Turkey with her best friend. Determined to make the most of life, Super Nanny does not believe for a single second that her time has come.She plans shopping sessions and numerous evening parties…

But on the night of January 19 to 20, 2010, ten years after her first victory over “the dirty disease” as she called it, she succumbed. The announcement devastates French viewers but especially the many families with whom she has worked. Tributes burst out for long days while, on January 21 in the early morning, the body of Kalthoum Sarraï, his real name, was repatriated to Tunis, to his birthplace. She rests today alongside her mother, who also left too soon, at 54…