Eddy Mitchell opens up about his health and reveals his epitaph in “Sept à quatre”

A fortieth album and an autobiography. Eddy Mitchell celebrated his 82nd birthday and is not about to give up his career for good. “Don’t imagine that this is his last session”entry announcement Audrey Crespo-Mara at the start of the portrait she produced of the singer in “Sept à quatre” on TF1. And if this interview was carried out to be broadcast this Sunday, November 24, it was initially supposed to take place three weeks earlier but was postponed due to the rocker's state of health.

“It’s going slowly. I had pneumonia, that's it.”he confided before specifying that it undoubtedly had a link with his cigarette consumption. “I've been smoking since I was 14 but I quit a month ago“, he explained, mentioning that it was a recommendation from doctors. “They say you shouldn’t smoke, you shouldn’t drink, you shouldn’t eat fatty foods, you shouldn’t give a damn”he said, somewhat annoyed by these new constraints. “We follow more or less.”

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“Do not disturb”

The singer, who also reduced his alcohol consumption, has never hidden his excesses. And even if now “it’s over”he happened to drink a lot. “It was more of a mania than anything else. There was no fun really. Instead of drinking a glass of water or fruit juice, I had a scotch.confided Eddy Mitchell to Audrey Crespo-Mara who nevertheless stressed that it was “one to two bottles of whiskey per day”.

Particularly lucid, the singer admitted to having already reserved a vault in the Saint-Tropez cemetery, “facing the sea”. “It’s a very pretty cemetery.”he said before adding: “I have quite a few friends who are buried there so we can chat and play cards.” Eddy Mitchell went even further in the organization resulting from his future passing by reflecting on his epitaph. “Do not disturb”he revealed with a chuckle. “Oh yes. To have peace is good”concluded the rocker.