Thomas Dutronc still wears the mourning of Françoise Hardy. As a reminder, his mother died on June 11 at the age of 80 following pharyngeal cancer, four days after being admitted to the American hospital in Neuilly (Hauts-de-Seine). ). Multiple tributes both in the media and on social networks have since been paid to him by relatives, celebrities and anonymous people.
For his part, Thomas Dutronc celebrated his memory in the form of an album, It's never too latereleased in stores last September. “I especially wanted to finish a beautiful record for her”he explained to Parisian
shortly before its publication, telling our comrades in the rest of the interview about his mother's long fight against a terrible illness.
Thomas Dutronc, overwhelmed by emotion on the Star Academy set
This Friday, November 8, 2024, the students of the
Star Academy have in turn saluted the memory of the legend of French song. Ebony, Franck et Marguerite
had chosen to defend their places at the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys by interpreting one of his most famous pieces, Message
Personnel.
The three-voice performance greatly moved Thomas Dutronccame to accompany two students who had set their sights on Les Cactus, performed in the 60s by his father. Tears came to him by discovering a huge photo of Françoise Hardy projected on the screen behind the Academicians. “My mom's beautiful photoit was a bit moving”the singer told Nikos Aliagas at the end of the singing tour.
Thomas Dutronc, haunted by great solitude
Recently invited on TV5 Monde, Thomas Dutronc returned to
the official tribute paid to his mother last June at Père-Lachaise. He and his father had planned to broadcast several songs from
Françoise Hardy accompanied by recordings of her laughter. His project collapsed due toa technical problem who had accidentally distorted the voice of the interpreter of Message personnel.
During his appearance on TV5 Monde, Thomas Dutronc said he felt a “great loneliness” because of this unforeseen event. “It was quite hard. For two weeks, I was sad that this moment of emotion had been stolen from me”he told our colleagues on set. The editing supervised by him was finally shared on YouTube.
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