Françoise Hardy celebrates her seventieth birthday this Monday, January 17. Her ex-companion, the photographer Jean-Marie Périer, gives her news on Instagram.
This Monday, January 17, one of the icons of French song celebrates his birthday: Francoise Hardy is 78 years old! The opportunity to hear from the singer, affected by major health problems in recent years. After battling cancer, she now has to deal with “daily problems, serious discomfort related to sequelae of chemo and radiotherapy“, had confided his son, Thomas Dutronc, in an interview with Parisian published on November 22. This Sunday, January 16, Jean-Marie Perier, famous photographer and ex-companion of Françoise Hardy, says more about the state of the 78-year-old artist.
In the caption of a photo of Alain Chamfort and Françoise Hardy taken by the photographer and posted on his Instagram account, Jean-Marie Perier wrote : “For those who are worried about the fate of Françoise, let’s say that she is fighting, that she holds on as best she can, and that she continues to write every day because that’s what she likes best and what she does best. She always had my tenderness, now in addition, she has my admiration“, he delivered. After this touching message, the ex-companion of Francoise Hardy had a special thought for her before her birthday, Monday January 17: “We have in common not to be thrilled by birthdays, so tomorrow, I’ll just have a drink to his health, avoiding the banalities of use“, he added.
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The two artists lived a beautiful romance for four years
Jean-Marie Perier and Françoise Hardy met in 1963. On the photographer’s side, it only took one look to make capsize his heart. From that moment, and for more than four years, the two artists lived a beautiful idyll. But in 1967, the actress crossed paths with a certain Jacques Dutronc, and ended up falling under his spell. She then left Jean-Marie Perier, but the two kept a very good relationship. “She’s still my best friend“, told the photographer, that the new love story of his ex-companion indifferent. “It was she who introduced me to Dutronc, and I have always attached myself to the guys for whom I was left“, he explained, before specifying”There was neither jealousy nor bitterness.“
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