The funeral of the singer, who died at the age of 80 last Tuesday, takes place in Paris this Thursday.
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- A final farewell to Françoise Hardy. The funeral of the singer, who died at the age of 80 last Tuesday, takes place this Thursday afternoon, in Paris, where she lived and where she died.
- “We will meet in the Dome room of the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery from 3 p.m.,” wrote in the Figaro notebook, Jacques Dutronc, her husband from whom she was separated – but not divorced, and their son Thomas. It was the latter who announced the death of his mother, in an Instagram publication, with these simple words: “Mom is gone.”
- Françoise Hardy, faithful to her usual discretion, did not want major national tributes and had expressed the wish to be “cremated in privacy and without religious ceremony” in Corsica, explains the weekly Paris Match. More precisely in Monticello, where Jacques Dutronc lives and where she also owned a house.
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3:35 p.m. – No religious ceremony for Françoise Hardy
This was the wish of the singer, who died at the age of 80 last Tuesday: there will be no religious ceremony for the funeral of Françoise Hardy, but an hour of songs in tribute to her immense career. The ceremony has just started.
3:35 p.m. – Intimacy and emotion at the funeral of Françoise Hardy
The emotion is palpable at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, as the singer’s funeral ceremony begins, for which many artists and anonymous people have made the trip. The crowd is also very dense around the dome of the Parisian cemetery.
3:31 p.m. – Françoise Hardy’s coffin has arrived
To the applause of the large crowd, the coffin of Françoise Hardy enters Père-Lachaise, where the singer’s funeral ceremony will begin.
3:26 p.m. – Artists and friends gathered around the Dutroncs
Thomas and Jacques Dutronc can count on those close to Françoise Hardy, in particular the artists Matthieu Chedid and Etienne Daho. The latter, very close to the singer until her last minutes, also arrived to attend the ceremony.
15:22 – Politicians pay tribute to Françoise Hardy
In addition to the many personalities from the world of Culture who came to pay their last respects to Françoise Hardy, politicians also arrived at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, including Brigitte Macron and Nicolas Sarkozy.
3:18 p.m. – The funeral of Françoise Hardy will last one hour
The funeral ceremony for singer Françoise Hardy must last an hour: songs by the artists should resonate at Père-Lachaise, where many personalities and anonymous people have come to pay tribute to the memory of an icon.
15:12 – Françoise Hardy did not want big tributes
Little information filtered before the funeral of Françoise Hardy, who, faithful to her usual discretion, did not want major national tributes. The singer had in fact expressed the wish to be “cremated in privacy and without religious ceremony”, in Corsica, explained the weekly Paris Match a few days ago. More precisely in Monticello, where Jacques Dutronc lives and where she also owned a house
15:02 – Personalities and anonymous people at the funeral of Françoise Hardy
His son Thomas and Jacques Dutronc, arrived at Père-Lachaise for the funeral ceremony of Françoise Hardy. Many personalities are present alongside them, notably Julien Clerc, Matthieu and Louis Chedid, and Marc Lavoine. Around, dozens of anonymous people also came to say a final farewell to the singer.
2:59 p.m. – The funeral of Françoise Hardy will begin
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the funeral of singer Françoise Hardy, who died last Tuesday at the age of 80. The ceremony takes place at the Parisian Père-Lachaise cemetery and begins at 3 p.m.
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A final farewell to Françoise Hardy. The funeral of the singer, who died at the age of 80 last Tuesday, takes place this Thursday afternoon, in Paris, where she lived and where she died. “We will meet in the Dome room of the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery from 3 p.m.,” wrote in the Figaro notebook, Jacques Dutronc, her husband from whom she was separated – but not divorced, and their son Thomas. It was the latter who announced the death of his mother, in an Instagram publication, with these simple words: “Mom is gone.”
Little information has filtered out about the funeral of Françoise Hardy, who, faithful to her usual discretion, did not want large national tributes. The singer had in fact expressed the wish to be “cremated in privacy and without religious ceremony”, in Corsica, explains the weekly Paris Match. More precisely in Monticello, where Jacques Dutronc lives and where she also owned a house.
After the death of Françoise Hardy, it was suggested that the artist’s ashes would be spread there. But, according to the town hall of the Corsican town, interviewed by AFP, no request for burial of the ashes in the cemetery had been made at the start of the week. More information on the singer’s final resting place, which could therefore be a private residence, could be communicated in the coming hours.
Yé-yé icon, figure of French pop, she inspired generations of artists: Françoise Hardy died on Tuesday June 11, at the age of 80. It was his son, Thomas Dutronc, who announced it on social networks late in the evening. “Mom is gone,” the artist simply wrote in the caption of an old photo of him with the singer.
Singer Françoise Hardy had been fighting the disease since 2004: lymphoma which became laryngeal cancer and therefore she suffered terribly. Françoise Hardy ended her immense career in 2019. She had become, in recent years, one of the faces of the fight for end-of-life legislation and the legalization of euthanasia.
