Jean-Louis Murat is dead: the singer was 71 years old

Terrible news for the world of song. The day after the announcement of the death of Tina Turner, it is a singer, French, this time, who died. Thursday, May 25, 2023, our colleagues from The Dispatch announced the death of Jean Louis Murat at the age of 71. His death was later confirmed by his manager and label Pias. The author, composer and performer was born in Chamalières in the Puy-de-Dôme in 1952. He had released no less than thirty albums. Among his greatest successes, we can mention Regretsung in duet with Mylène Farmer, If I should miss you Or At Mount Sans-Souci. The announcement of his death comes when he had made an appointment with his fans on May 26, 2023 for the release of a best-of album..

Everything therefore suggests that his death would be brutal and unexpected. For now, The Dispatch ensures that the causes of his death have not yet been revealed.. A few minutes after learning of the death of this great singer, the mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, Olivier Bianchi, expressed his sadness to see a monument of French song disappear. “Jean Louis Murat is gone. Sad news. The beauty of the text, the frankness of the word, the sincerity of the song. A part of Auvergne leaves with him. Affectionate thoughts to his loved ones“, he thus wrote in the caption of a snapshot of Jean-Louis Murat.

Jean-Louis Murat has sometimes created controversy

Throughout his career, the singer has not stopped reacting. If he was most often praised for his texts, he could sometimes also create controversy. When he was only 28 years old, he had been censored by Europe 1 when his title could be judged as an incitement to suicide. The song was “Kill yourself, the people are dead“. In addition to composing titles for him, he also wrote for other singers such as Indochine or Françoise Hardy. He never used jargon and always said what he thought.