Passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday June 11, Françoise Hardy leaves behind her son, Thomas, her ex-partner and father, Jacques Dutronc, and many people who loved her. Claire, a cousin of the 81-year-old singer, wanted to pay tribute to him on her X account, but also thank those who thought of her during this period of mourning and who sent her messages. “many messages of affection”.
In the caption of an unpublished photo of Françoise Hardy, on which she appears smiling, standing and in great shape, the cousin of Jacques Dutronc, a journalist by profession, wrote, with emotion and tenderness: “Beyond the immense artist that she was, she was an extraordinary woman, always concerned about others, full of humor and self-deprecation. Great affectionate thoughts to my dearest Thomas Dutronc and his dad.” A message which is accompanied by an image immortalizing the singer at her best, when she did not seem to suffer too much from the disease. As a reminder, the interpreter of the titles The time of love And How to say goodbye to you had been battling lymphoma and pharyngeal cancer for years.
Thank you very much for your many messages of affection 🤍
Beyond the immense artist that she was, she was an extraordinary woman, always concerned about others, full of humor and self-deprecation ❤️
Great affectionate thought to my dear one @ThomasDutronc and to his dad ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/M9poCQ2cCd— Claire Dutronc (@ClaireDutronc) June 12, 2024
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An artist who suffered enormously
His daily life was gradually marked by physical and psychological difficulties. She had confided to Parisianin 2021, that the 45 radiotherapies undergone, in addition to his immunotherapy, had “permanently deprived of saliva and made deaf in one ear.” Unable to sing, Françoise Hardy also had respiratory distress. Near Current wife, three years ago, she revealed that she could no longer “swallow a lot” and not have “nothing works normally anymore”. “My nights are worse than my days. There is always worse than what you suffer from yourself, but that is no consolation”, she said frankly. Enough to suggest that the artist is finally resting in peace, relieved of all her suffering which made her life more painful than anything else.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias
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