Coming to attend the funeral of singer Françoise Hardy on Thursday June 20, 2024 at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, First Lady Brigitte Macron was targeted by certain fans of the late musician present on site that day.
Françoise Hardy, famous French musician, died at the age of 80 on June 11, 2024, after battling laryngeal cancer.
Her funeral took place on June 20, 2024 at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, marked by the presence of many celebrities and an incident involving Brigitte Macron, booed by some fans.
The last wishes of Françoise Hardy will be honored, with her ashes to be scattered at Monticello, Corsica, in accordance with her wishes.
Suffering from laryngeal cancer, Françoise Hardy died at the age of 80 on Tuesday June 11, 2024. Her funeral finally took place at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris on Thursday June 20, 2024. That day, several celebrities gathered to pay a final tribute to the musician. Not surprisingly, Jacques and Thomas Dutronc were installed in the front row of the crematorium.
Other stars also attended this ceremony, which concluded with the cremation of the body of Françoise Hardy. Among them, we can notably mention: Calogero, Julien Clerc, as well as Louis and Matthieu Chédid. Some political figures also went to the Père Lachaise cemetery, to pay one last tribute to the memory of the late artist. This was precisely the case of First Lady Brigitte Macron. However, an incident occurred when he arrived on site.
Funeral of Françoise Hardy: Brigitte Macron booed by some fans of the singer
In fact, the First Lady was booed copiously by part of the crowd present on site. Concretely, several fans of Françoise Hardy were offended to see Brigitte Macron attend the singer’s funeral. They booed Emmanuel Macron’s partner at the time of her appearance, while she was surrounded by several bodyguards. A video of this moment was also published on social networks.
Some Internet users nevertheless criticized this attitude on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “Not the slightest respect for the deceased“. “Do these people have to lack dignity to behave like this at a funeral?”, they wrote, for example. Apart from this incident, the funeral of Françoise Hardy took place peacefully. The ceremony was also very emotional for those close to him.
The singer’s last wishes will be respected
As a reminder, Paris Match had recently revealed that Françoise Hardy wanted “cremated in privacy and without religious ceremony” in Corsica. For its part, The Sunday Tribune had stressed that the singer’s ashes should be scattered at Monticello. This small Corsican village is home to the house that the musician had built in the 1960s.
Françoise Hardy had taken up residence there with her ex-husband Jacques Dutronc for many years. The singer also ensured that his ex-wife’s last wishes were respected. According to information from Paris Matchthe father of Thomas Dutronc acquires a concession within the Monticello cemetery. The ashes of Françoise Hardy will therefore rest well in Corsica.
