Thomas Durtonc announced his courageous decision just a few days after the disappearance of his mother, singer Françoise Hardy, who died this Tuesday, June 11 at the age of 80.
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A very courageous decision. Many French people were moved to learn of the disappearance of Françoise Hardy, this Tuesday, June 11, 2024. The famous interpreter of All the boys and girls, How to say goodbye or The time of love died after a long battle with cancer which she was diagnosed with around twenty years ago. It’s his son Thomas Dutronc who announced the sad news on his Instagram account. “Mom is gone“, he soberly wrote in the caption of a photograph of his mother holding him in her arms when he was a baby.
Thomas Dutronc makes a very courageous choice after the announcement of the death of his mother Françoise Hardy
Despite this terrible event, Thomas Dutronc seems to have made the choice to continue his tour and to honor his concert planned for this Thursday evening, in Neufchâtel-Hardelot (Pas-de-Calais), as part of the Jazz Opale Festival. According to our colleagues at The voice of the North, the interpreter of Like a gypsy without a guitarwill actually take the stage this June 13, 2024. “I know Thomas, I’m not surprised that he kept coming. He is there above all for his audiencewith whom he has very strong ties. God knows it must be difficult“, confided Anne Ducros, the organizer of the festival, to colleagues.
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Thomas Dutronc’s poignant tribute to his mother Françoise Hardy
Guest of the show C to youthis Wednesday, June 12, 2024, France Inter journalist Didier Varrod, assured that he had recently exchanged with Thomas Dutronc, explaining: “He greets all the people who pay homage [à sa maman] This evening…“, remembering the evening organized in tribute to Francoise Hardy on its antenna at the beginning of the year. An event in which the 50-year-old singer took part, with a special request: that of sing the title That you bury mefrom the album Gin and Tonic that his mother had published in 1980. “You imagine, in January, knowing the state his mother was in to hear him sing this song, it was absolutely overwhelming and it also illustrated this strong relationship that there was between Thomas and Françoise“, remarked the music specialist.
