Marseille supporters certainly have a heavy heart this Friday, February 14, after the announcement of the death of their famous commentator.
One voice has died. For the Marseillais, it was the voice of OM. His excavation on the radio, his frank spoken, Avi Assouly punctuated on weekends on France Bleu Provence. It’s the newspaper Provence who announced this Friday, February 14, that his former journalist and commentator died at the age of 74. A sports journalist since 1984, he was the voice of France Bleu Provence and was seriously injured on May 5, 1992 in Furiani during the collapse of a forum before the start of the Bastia-Om match, remaining several days in a coma. After his withdrawal from journalism in 2010, he launched himself in politics and had been a deputy of the Bouches du Rhône from 2012 to 2014 as a deputy of Marie-Arlette Carlotti.
The famous commentator would have died in his sleep. The mayor of Marseille, Benoit Payan, paid tribute to him on X. “Incredible sports journalist, passionate, voice of OM recognizable among a thousand, Avi Assouly died this morning. From Furiani to the Tapie years, he had lived everything , everything seen and cradled our memories of entire hours to listen to the matches on the radio.