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Died on December 18, 2001 at the age of 74, Gilbert Bécaud still remains a legend of the French musical landscape today. The man who was nicknamed “Mr. 100,000 volts” during his lifetime lived in a house of 800 m2, located in a small town with barely 770 inhabitants.
Gilbert Bécaud: His 800 m2 residence in a town with 770 inhabitants, a place out of the world
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Born October 24, 1927 in Toulon, François Gilbert Léopold Silly, better known under the pseudonym Gilbert Bécaud, left its mark on the French musical scene during his career. A real stage beast, the one everyone nicknamed “Mr. 100,000 volts” performed more than 30 times on the legendary Olympia stage during his life. On the private side, Gilbert Bécaud lived in Chesnay in Yvelines, during the 1950s and 60s, before settling in the Tour France in Puteaux in the mid-70s. He had his piano transported by a crane before the roof was built. Finally, the singer chose to leave the Paris region a few years later. later by going to live in Poitou On site, he lived in a huge house of 800 m2located in the town of La Bussière in Vienne, which has only 770 inhabitants.
“It’s a haven of peace. It was my mother who, in 1975, fell in love with the two properties of Michetterie (commune of La Bussière) and Guignardières (commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé ), they were then united to make one of 128 hectares“had notably indicated the daughter of Gilbert Bécaud, Emily, who is the fruit of the union between the singer and the model Cathryn Lee St. John, nicknamed Kitty. “We lived in caravans on the land while it was built. We officially inhabited it from December 31, 1979”she also added during an interview with The New Republic in 2021. At the time, Emily and her mother Kitty were both still living at this property. The daughter of Gilbert Bécaud also clarified that this residence had been furnished to his father’s taste.
In addition to his immense property in Poitou, Gilbert Bécaud also lived in a barge moored in Paris
“With several fireplaces, because Dad loved fires, many sofas and of course pianos, grand and upright. For the rest, he was not into works of art, which he found their place was rather in museums, and favored a more authentic and simple decor. He was not attached to objects and preferred the outdoors and nature. I remember, for example, that he made a snail with a boat rope or that a simple shell could serve as decoration.”underlined Emily Bécaud. For the record, Gilbert Bécaud lived alternately in his estate in Poitou, as well as on his barge moored at the Port of Saint-Cloud in Paris. The singer finally died on December 18, 2001 in Boulogne-Billancourt, following lung cancer. He was then 74 years old. During his life, Emily Bécaud’s father was the father of six children in total: Gilbert, Philippe, Anne, Jennifer, Emily and finally Noï, a Laotian child whom he adopted with Kitty Bécaud in 1993.
