The famous French singer, born in 1927, died at the age of 93, her family told AFP.
French song icon Juliette Gréco, also famous for her portrayal of Belphégor on television, died Wednesday at the age of 93, her family announced.
"Juliette Gréco passed away on Wednesday September 23, 2020 surrounded by her family in her beloved house in Ramatuelle. Her life was out of this world," said the family.
"She was still making French songs shine at 89," she added.
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Until the stroke that struck her in 2016, the year she also lost her only daughter Laurence-Marie.
"I miss it terribly. My reason for living is to sing! To sing is the totality, there is the body, the instinct, the head", declared the singer again very recently in a published interview. in July in the weekly
Télérama
.
"It is a very great lady who is leaving", reacted Alexandre Baud, producer of his last tour.
"Juliette had been tired for some time but she had kept her extremely sharp mind as evidenced by her unbridled interview with Télérama".