Death of Patrick Juvet: this hit by Claude François who enriched him all his life: Femme Actuelle Le MAG


A colossal heritage. On April 1, 2021, the French disco star, Patrick Juvet, died at the age of seventy. As announced by his agent Yann Ydoux to Agence France Presse, the body of the interpreter ofWhere are the women has been found lifeless in his apartment in Barcelona city. However, for now, the causes of death have not been disclosed. For Amanda Lear, Jean-Luc Reichmann or even Jean-Michel Jarre, this loss is a real tragedy. And for good reason, Patrick Juvet was one of the essential faces of French song and used to ignite the cult evenings of the “Queen”. At that time, another boss of the dance floors drags in his petticoats … Claude Francois. So much so that the latter will ask him to write him a song.

A song that will mark the career of Claude François

As explained Gala, Patrick Juvet had been requisitioned by Claude François to write one of his future hits. Received in the studios of La Fleche, the artist who has never hidden his bisexuality introduces his new melody to the team of the star yéyé. From the first notes, Claude François is conquered and leaps into the room: “I want her !” It was then that the singer entrusted the writing of the lyrics to Frank Thomas and Jean-Michel Rivat who would be inspired by the English expression. “Blue Monday” to give birth to … A Monday in the sun. Without knowing it, Patrick Juvet has just signed a composition that will provide him financially for the rest of his life …

Indeed, as he confided to Gala before his death, Patrick Juvet never lacked for anything thanks to this tube written for Claude François: “I could very well quit because as a composer I have copyright and a retirement pension which falls”, had he explained about the song A monday in the sun. Asked about his life in the portrait of the week of Seven to Eight in 2014, Patrick Juvet confided in his gratitude for still standing despite years of alcoholism. Faced with images of him thirty years earlier, he had confided with emotion: “What did I do in a previous life to receive this gift? Because it’s a gift …”

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