The unforgettable performer of the hit “Born to Be Alive” had the scare of his life. Patrick Hernandez explained a few months ago that its iconic title – released in 1979 – him still brought in money. It must be said that with 27 million copies sold, this piece went gold fifty-six times in more than twenty-five countries and even launched the career of Madonna, who was one of the artist’s dancers. . However, this Saturday, January 13, it was not the music that got Patrick Hernandez talking but a problem with the meter.
On Facebook, the man with the cane, in fact, revealed that his Linky meter went up around 10 p.m., at his home in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, as reported by France Bleu Vaucluse. Fortunately, the 74-year-old artist was not injured by the disaster. “More fear than harm… My Linky meter burned and the incredible smoke in a small room scared the hell out of me“he confided, visibly still shaken by the incident, after specifying that the firefighters, the police and Enedis had come to his aid.
A waiting solution for Patrick Hernandez
Since this fire – which fortunately was only a simple outbreak of fire – Patrick Hernandez has not “more electricity”. With humor, he therefore indicated: “And so no kawa this morning.” As for the rest of his day, the singer revealed: “I’m impatiently waiting for the Enedis repairers this morningbecause without them nothing works except the chimney.” The songwriter kept followers of his Facebook page informed of the situation on the afternoon of Sunday, January 14, firstly by thanking the emergency services : “Huge thanks to the firefighters, the police officers of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Enedis for their speed of action and their kindness”he wrote, before revealing some good news: “A waiting solution was found to allow me to regain electricity. I just had my first kawa of the day, at 2:30 p.m. Everything is going better…” Internet users seemed delighted for the artist since many left him messages of encouragement under his two publications.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias
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