Juliette Gréco, legend of French song, died at the age of 93.

Maxime Le Forestier, who knew her well, paid her a vibrant tribute on Europe 1: "She made a spell for each syllable, a calculated spell, an effective spell."

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After more than 60 years of career and a status of icon of French song, Juliette Gréco died Wednesday at the age of 93.

For decades, she has interpreted the greatest: from Boris Vian to Jacques Prévert, including Charles Aznavour and Serge Gainsbourg.

Juliette Gréco also sang Maxime Le Forestier, who knew her well.

The singer paid him a vibrant tribute to the microphone of Europe 1.

"She made a spell for each syllable, a calculated spell, an effective spell. She savored the words and made them savor to the public," declared Maxime Le Forestier, very moved.

"It was in her way of articulating the words. The timbre, we didn't care a bit. It was her way of treating the word and of articulating. She was a fortune teller more than a singer," added the San Francisco interpreter.

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"She has lived through absolutely incredible things"  

Maxime Le Forestier also paid tribute to this "free woman", symbol of post-war artistic Paris and of the famous district of Saint-Germain-des-Près, where she rubbed shoulders with dozens of artists and writers. and philosophers.

"She really experienced absolutely incredible things. She was the muse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The first also to have had cosmetic surgery, it was not common at the time. She had a pretty pointed nose, with a lot of foreshortening. It is this incredible charm that she kept until her death. She was a charmer, "added Maxime Le Forestier.

"She was a free woman"

The singer also told an anecdote, which dates back to ten years ago.

"She was above all a charming woman. I remember when she came to dinner at the house, she was already 81 years old. When I opened the door I opened it to a ghost. And as soon as I did. she sat down and she came alive, it was the 25-year-old Juliette Greco who was fascinating, who liked. It was magnificent, "he recalled.

"She was a free woman. She was an image of freedom for my mother."