THE GUARDIAN: Singer and actor who wrote some of her country’s biggest pop hits had suffered with lymphatic cancer for many years
Françoise Hardy, whose elegance and beautifully lilting voice made her one of France’s most successful pop stars, has died aged 80.
Her death was reported by her son, the fellow musician Thomas Dutronc, who wrote “Maman est partie,” (or in English, “mum is gone”) on Instagram alongside a baby photo of himself and Hardy.
Hardy had lymphatic cancer since 2004, and had undergone years of radiotherapy and other treatments for the illness. In 2015, she was briefly placed in an induced coma after her condition worsened, and had issues with speech, swallowing and respiration in the years since. In 2021, she had argued in favour of euthanasia, saying that France was “inhuman” for not allowing the procedure. » | Ben Beaumont-Thomas | Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist: Hardy shot to fame singing airy, carefree pop before she took control of her career, hung out with 60s rock aristocracy and became a sophisticated singer-songwriter of rare sensuality and melancholy »
Françoise Hardy, icône de la chanson française, est morte à 80 ans : C'est son fils Thomas Dutronc qui a annoncé la nouvelle. La chanteuse, visage phare du mouvement yé-yé, est morte à l'âge de 80 ans. Elle était atteinte d'un cancer. Retour sur les grandes dates de sa vie, de sa naissance à Paris en 1944, à son décès ce 11 juin 2024. »
De Serge Gainsbourg à Iggy Pop, la sphère de Françoise Hardy : L’interprète du Temps de l’amour a régulièrement collaboré et été inspirée par son entourage de musiciens, jusqu’à son dernier album en 2018, où elle chante une dernière fois son histoire avec Jacques Dutronc. »
