A journalist of Belarusian origin, Claire has worked at Purepeople since 2019. An unconditional fan of the Sex And The City series, she also knows most of the RnB sounds of the 90s and 2000s by heart. Blue flower and eternal romantic, she is interested in everything particularly to the love lives of stars.
Extremely close to her son Thomas, Françoise Hardy had expressed one of her last wishes to him some time before her death, on June 11, 2024. On the set of the show “Quelle Époque”, Matthieu Chedid revealed the secret ambition that the singer had for her son, once she was no longer in this world.
Françoise Hardy had a secret ambition for her son Thomas Dutronc Quelle Époque © France 2
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Invited to talk about Françoise Hardy on the set of the show What an era On June 15, 2024, Matthieu Chedid made tender confidences about Thomas Dutronc, her son to whom she was so close. A few days after the singer’s death, on June 11, the artist had a moving thought for her son to whom she had expressed one of her last wishes. He tells : “I’m obviously thinking of Thomas and I think she absolutely wanted him to continue. He’s playing at the moment, he’s doing concerts, (…) I haven’t heard from him on the phone since yesterday, but I don’t know if his last concert went well (…) it’s true that she absolutely wanted to see him continue to play on stage and she was also there a lot for him, that’s why she stayed, she hung on for Thomas“.
Léa Salamé continues: “It was a crazy close relationship between a son and his mother. The relationship between Françoise Hardy and Thomas Dutronc was crazy, she vibrated for him, it was crazy.”. Touché, the singer of the title Manitoumani entrusts : “Yes and then I actually spent a lot of time with Thomas when I was 8 – 10 years old, I spent my life with them and I was welcomed into this incredible family and so I obviously see Françoise first and foremost as the mother of Thomas. She is an authentic, extraordinary woman, very inspiring at the same time indeed. It’s true that she had a strong character, I don’t know how to say it, but at the same time so beautiful because so true. I am both upset but also relieved and I think deeply of Thomas“.
The funeral of Françoise Hardy
During his last concert, Thomas Dutronc actually paid special attention to his mother to whom he paid a vibrant tribute. On stage in Switzerland, he told his audience that his mother was “gone to other skies“.
The funeral of the singer who died at the age of 80 will take place on June 20 from 3 p.m. in the Coupole room of the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. According to information from La Tribune Sundaythe ashes of the singer of the title the time of love will be dispersed to Monticello, in Corsica, where she had a house.