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Gregory Lemarchal will remain in our hearts. The singer upset us. Years after his death, he is at the heart of a record. His former comrades wished to pay tribute to him.
by Melanie Bonvard
"From the first evening, we knew that Grégory would win" that's what the Parisian the former comrades of Gregory Lemarchal met at Star Academy 4. 16 years after the death of the singer, who died of cystic fibrosis, 13 of the participants in the show gathered to release a disc tribute to Gregory Lemarchal. According to The Parisian, we can for example find Francesca Antoniotti, sports columnist, the culture journalist and host on LCI Karima Charni but also Sofiane Tadjine, past in Angels of reality TV.
Mathieu Johann is at the origin of this project. He declares, very nostalgic for the era of Star Academy 4, at Parisian : "There is a video which shows us around the piano of Mathieu Gonet and the song of Patrick Bruel taking the oath to meet again ten years later. Unfortunately, Grégory left three years later … It was a terrible shock, because we were all convinced that it would heal. But it brings us together and will always reunite us. Three years ago, during the evening tribute to the Zenith of Paris organized by TF1, I had a click: it you have to make a record for him. "
The album in tribute to Gregory Lemarchal will be called Let's stay friend, just like the first single. It will be released on October 23 and all the profits will go to the Gregory Lemarchal association that his parents created when their son died.