Françoise Hardy sick and isolated: her 80th birthday very sad, “if I have to go to the other side…”

Françoise Hardy multiplies the declarations on the subject. Suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system and cancer of the pharynx, the singer has no difficulty in making known her state of health, her obstacle course punctuated by pain and suffering. Very weakened, she waged a heroic fight against recurring cancerous tumors. This time it’s in the newspaper The Parisian, that this January 17, the French icon agreed to respond. By email, because today most of her exchanges are done this way, she who can no longer travel.

Radiotherapy does not spare her and she no longer leaves her Parisian apartment. There are only a few privileged people, including his son Thomas Dutronc, who visit him, but the circle is shrinking. Always quick-witted, she made the debate on euthanasia her final battle. The one who spoke in an open letter to Emmanuel Macron, in the columns of The Sunday Tribune, in order to obtain one last favor, to die with dignity and benefit from euthanasia, considers death more and more, even if it is linked to terrible apprehension. “Given my poor state of health, if I have to pass to the other side in 2024, I would like, like everyone, for it to be quick and not too painful, even if the pain of separation from my son and his father will be infinite. But I want to believe that the strongest bonds remain whatever happens and wherever we are“, admits Françoise Hardy.

Françoise Hardy, 80 years old: the sad program for her birthday

Will Jacques Dutronc, the eternal man of her life despite everything, be near her to celebrate her birthday, her 80th birthday this January 17? “Since the radiotherapy burned my salivary glands, prevented me from breathing normally, disrupted my digestive system, etc. I can no longer celebrate anything with anyone“, she says. But Jacques is always present and will certainly not forget to wish her through an email. “We write each other little emails every day“, confides the singer about the man who is still her husband. Terrified by world news, she listens to music and does not hide having appreciated Juliette Armanet. As for whether she received a response to her letter to President of the Republic, she prefers “remain discreet on the subject“. Finally, when our colleagues from Parisian asks her if she is touched by the concert around her songs which is planned on Radio France on January 28, Françoise Hardy replies: “Yes, of course, but I would find it more coherent if this kind of tribute concert took place when I would no longer be there.”