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The singer-songwriter, model and actress Françoise Hardy, icon of French music in the 60sdied this Tuesday at the age of 80, according to his own son, Thomas Dutronc, in a message posted on Instagram: “Mom is gone,” he wrote.
Françoise Hardy was one of the first French pop singers to become known outside the French borders and one of the leading representatives of the ‘yé-yé wave.
In 1962 he recorded All the garçons and the girlsthe single with which he achieved great popularity and which has been considered a true generational anthem of which millions of copies have been sold.
That same year he also released other of the best-known singles such as J’suis daccord either The times of love.
A year later he participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Monaco with the song L’amour s’en vaachieving fifth position.
As a model she was also the muse of designers such as André Courrèges or Paco Rabanne.
In addition, he also jumped onto the big screen with films like A castle in SwedendoHow are you, Pussycat? either Grand Prixamong his most notable titles.
However, for more than twenty years, the emblematic singer-songwriter suffered from a cancer of the lymphatic system and pharynxwhose side effects from radio and immunotherapy caused his days “to be hell,” as he stated in an interview.
Since then, Hardy publicly defended the regularization of euthanasia in France and even addressed Emmanuel Macron in a press gallery to demand a dignified and legal death.
The three most famous songs by Françoise Hardy
1. Comment I’ll say goodbye
2. The question
3. What is it?
