Françoise Hardy, a figure of French song with an international aura, died on Tuesday June 11 at the age of 80 following illness. A death announced by his son Thomas Dutronc on his social networks. The yéyés icon had been affected by cancer of the lymphatic system since 2004, and cancer of the pharynx since 2019. A hellish fight that she recounted during interviews, notably with journalist Marc-Olivier Fogiel. She also defended the right to euthanasia, wishing to leave “soon and quickly”.
In its latest issue, Paris Match returns in detail to the singer’s last days.
Thus, the weekly explains that less than a week before her death, Françoise Hardy wrote to her friends “I’m very, very bad, I feel like I’m dying”.
“Mom is gone”: Françoise Hardy dies at the age of 80
Thomas Dutronc absent at his death
Hospitalized on Thursday June 6, while her cancer is eating away at her more and more, she only wants her loved ones by her side, notably Claire and Marco, her niece and her former press secretary, but insists that Thomas and Jacques Dutronc be “the last to know about [sa] disappearance”. She even said to her son: “You don’t have to cancel anything for me. You must continue to work, life must continue.” Jacques Dutronc, who lives in Corsica with his partner Sylvie Duval, had already said goodbye to him a few days earlier when he went to Paris for medical examinations.
“You don’t have to cancel anything for me.”
On Sunday June 9, doctors warned Thomas Dutronc that the end was near. “The vigil will last nearly two days. Slowly, Françoise plunges towards the beyond. […] We talk about the result of the European elections, the dissolution announced by Emmanuel Macron, we act as if life goes on but everyone holds back their tears. writes Paris Match.
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Tuesday June 11 at 10:30 p.m. Françoise Hardy takes her last breath. Claire and Marco then announce to Thomas that his mother “left soothed and rested”. Stuck in the provinces, the artist is maintaining his concert and will return to Paris on June 14.
Jacques and Thomas Dutronc will finally be reunited in the front row during the funeral ceremony at Père-Lachaise on June 20. The day after the funeral, the son shared a photo of the ceremony as well as “the songs and sound documents which illustrated the farewell ceremony to the one who was a wonderful mother and an extraordinary artist”.
The ashes of Françoise Hardy, cremated according to her wishes, will rest in Monticello, a Corsican village where her ex-partner lives.
