She left on June 11, 2024 after years of suffering following a long illness. Françoise Hardy, who did not hide her desire to die from anyone, ended up being fulfilled in many ways. The 80-year-old singer had only two wishes.
The first is that Thomas and Jacques Dutronc are “ the last to know of his disappearance ». And the second is that ” life goes on “, and that her loved ones do not cancel anything for her. This is what reports Paris Matchin its columns, this June 27, 2024.
What Françoise Hardy had asked
We learn that in the last week of her life, the singer declared to those around her: “I’m very, very bad, I feel like I’m dying“. Hospitalized at the American hospital, she would have been looked after by her niece, Claire Dutronc, and her former press secretary, Marc Maréchal. The only ones she wanted near her.
And if Thomas Dutronc follows “ hour by hour the state of his mother »and goes “ at his bedside on weekends“, he will not be there at the fateful moment. Paris Match reveals that it is “detained in the provinces that evening”, when Françoise Hardy dies. He kept the promise he made to his mother.
Thomas Dutronc in concert
She had in fact asked him, a few days earlier: “ You don’t have to cancel anything for me. You must continue to work, life must continue“. This is why Thomas will also perform on June 13 at the Jazz’Opale festival, in Pas-de-Calais.
He believes about this ill-timed date: ” We must maintain. This is what she would have wanted.”. The concert takes place, full of emotion, and Thomas Dutronc is accompanied by his fans, to the song, when he can no longer find the voice to pay tribute to Françoise Hardy.
