France mourned the loss of a singular voice and "an icon of French song" on Wednesday, as the death of Francoise Hardy took one of the last great figures of its 1960s heyday Paris, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Jun, 2024) mourned the loss of a singular voice and "an icon of French song" on Wednesday, as the death of Francoise Hardy took one of the last great figures of its 1960s heyday. Hardy's death at 80, after a long battle with , was announced by her son late on Tuesday, and commemorations poured in across and beyond. Several newspaper headlines used the title of her 1968 hit "Comment te dire adieu" ("How to Say Goodbye").
That was also the question of President Emmanuel Macron, who issued a statement praising "an idol of the who became an icon of French song." There were messages much further afield, including Chuck D, co-founder of pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy. "Us beat diggers found some vintage stuff in Francoise Hardy records #RestInBeats," he wrote on X.
Hardy long had admirers around the , and was the only French artist in Rolling Stone's list of 200 greatest singers last year. Mick Jagger once described her as his "ideal ", Bob Dylan wrote a poem for her, and everywhere imitated her androgynous style and embraced her melancholic melodies. French Gabriel Attal praised a "singular voice with a fierce tranquillity, Francoise Hardy rocked generations of French people for whom she will remain anchored in moments of their lives.
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