According to the representative of Rivers, the singer died in hospital, he had an oncological disease.

Dick Rivers (real name Erv Fornery) was born in 1946. Nickname he borrowed from the character Elvis Presley from the movie "Love You."

Rivers, along with Johnny Halliday and Eddie Mitchell, was one of the most famous representatives of French rock and roll.

Earlier it was reported that the author of the music for the film “Pulp Fiction” guitarist Dick Dale died at the age of 82.