Thomas Dutronc announced the death of his mother, Françoise Hardy, Tuesday June 11, 2024. “Mom is gone,” he wrote in the caption of a photo showing the two of them years ago and published on his Instagram account. Françoise Hardy has been fighting cancer of the lymphatic system and pharynx for years. Over time, Françoise Hardy underwent numerous treatments which left her suffering. “Since my 45 radiotherapies, the permanent absence of saliva and the lack of irrigation of the skull and the entire ENT area have made my life a nightmare. My life has become so difficult that I sometimes wish I could leave in my sleep and not wake me up,” she confided with emotion in the columns of JDD in July 2022.
While he was performing on Thursday June 13, 2024 on the stage of the Jazz Opale Festival, in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Thomas Dutronc wanted to pay tribute to his mother by performing the song L’alliance. But at the time, the singer was overcome with emotion. Its musicians finally performed the title alone. “There is a lot of emotion in our home, I tried to sing two of my mother’s songs, but my throat is tight,” he admitted, as reported by Nice-Matin.
Friday June 14, 2024, Thomas Dutronc was delighted, on Instagram, to see that the number of listens to Françoise Hardy’s titles had increased significantly since the announcement of her death. Indeed, Françoise Hardy has climbed into the rankings of the most listened to artists in the world (…)
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