Françoise Hardy had been fighting cancer for around twenty years. She died this Tuesday at the age of 80.
“Mom is gone…” It was through a short message accompanied by many hearts and a photo yellowed by the years that Thomas Dutronc, his son, announced on his Facebook account the death, this Tuesday evening, of the singer Françoise Hardy at the age of 80.
Last December, Françoise Hardy said she was “exhausted” by the consequences of cancer. At Paris Match, she made this confession: “I want to leave soon and quickly, without too many challenges, such as the impossibility of breathing.”
“Leave as early, as quickly and as painlessly as possible”
The one who turned 80 on January 17 repeated wanting to “go to the other dimension as soon, as quickly and as painlessly as possible.”
Diagnosed in 2004 with cancer of the lymphatic system, she announced her remission ten years later. But in 2019, the disease struck again. In the pharynx this time.
Favorable to the legalization of euthanasia, Françoise Hardy had already explained that she was considering this solution for herself. “I know a doctor to whom I spoke about myself, telling him ‘If my problems don’t get better, can you help me?’,” she told BFMTV in 2021. . He said he had done that a few times in the past, but he wouldn’t do it again.”
Iconic titles
Elegant, icon of the sixties, leading face of the yéyés, Françoise Hardy, she also had a unique voice, a style and a presence which made her an essential figure in French song with timeless titles.
The former companion of Jacques Dutronc leaves some essential titles behind her like “All the boys and girls”, “Le temps de l’amour”, or even “Message Personnel”.
Deprived of saliva by her 45 radiotherapy sessions in a few months, she announced last March that she would “never be able to sing again”.
