Even though they had been expecting it for several days already, the shock was harsh for Jacques Dutronc and his son Thomas. On Tuesday, June 11, one lost the woman of his life, the other, his beloved mother when Françoise Hardy finally passed away, after fifteen years of a tough battle against cancer. News that both learned while they were far from her: surrounded by her former press attaché and her niece, Claire Dutronc, the singer passed away while her son was in the provinces for a concert and her husband, from whom she never divorced despite their separation, was in his Corsican house.
Upon learning of it, however, father and son immediately traveled to Paris and quickly met there to organize the funeral. On the other hand, according to our colleagues at Paris Matchno question for Jacques Dutronc of acceding to one of the requests of his only son, in this difficult period: while he wants to go and pay his respects to the body of his deceased mother, he categorically refuses.
“He does not feel capable of living the confrontation of himself alive facing Françoise Hardy dead.“, they write to justify this choice of the singer of Cactuswho met his wife in the mid-1950s, before putting the ring on her finger in 1981. Coming by private jet with his partner Sylvie, he still agreed to attend the funeral, at the Crematorium du Père -The chair.
Dejected but relieved
And must be relieved that this unstable situation is finally ending: despite his immense sorrow, it is undoubtedly comforting for him to know that Françoise Hardy has stopped suffering after so many years of difficulty with this very aggressive cancer. And still according to Paris Match, if he was not present the evening of her death, Jacques Dutronc had spent a lot of time at Françoise Hardy’s last week… doubtless taking advantage of this time together to say goodbye to her!
For Thomas Dutronc, although the situation is particularly difficult with the loss of his mother, nothing could stop him from making music. Respecting one of the singer’s last wishes, he maintained his concert scheduled for the next day and managed to pay her a nice tribute by resuming The time of love on the guitar.
And now he must focus on his grief which will come about with time…
