By Laura D’Angelo
– Published on June 22, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.
On the set of Quelle époque!, Christophe Dechavanne returned with emotion to the death of Françoise Hardy.
On June 11, Françoise Hardy took her last breath. At the age of 80, the singer died from laryngeal cancer. She, who fought during the last years of her life for politicians to legislate on the issue of end of life, died before seeing the fruits of her fight.
The terrible last months of Françoise Hardy’s life
It must be said that Françoise Hardy suffered martyrdom in the last months of her life. “Since my last and recent radiotherapy, I have been doing poorly because my right eye sees everything very blurry and is painful. My nostril on the same side is blocked all the time. The mouth and back of the throat are even drier. It’s a nightmare“, she indicated to Paris Match. Having undergone more than 50 radiotherapies, the artist could no longer suffer. “Because of my deteriorated vision, I can no longer read. I can’t even watch TV anymore, which, when I came across a good movie, was the best way to disconnect“.
Christophe Dechavanne’s moving tribute to the deceased singer
Since his death, many public figures have paid tribute to him. This Saturday, January 15, the Quelle Epoch! on France 2 obviously raised the subject of his death. And Christophe Dechavanne was particularly touched by the disappearance of Thomas Dutronc’s mother. “It’s relieving for her. She’s been really enjoying it for several years and she’ll be calmer where she is…”he confides, very moved. “She was an extraordinary artist, she made a mark through a thousand things, whether it was her musical art, whether it was her clothes, she was really influential, including in England in the 60s and 70s.”
These controversial subjects which made Françoise Hardy react
However, Christophe Dechavanne also notes a part of Françoise Hardy’s personality which had changed: “She was a wonderful woman. which had become a little tougher politically in recent years, but which was extraordinary“. Indeed, in recent years, the singer had raised controversial subjects such as anti-white racism, or she had shared her dissatisfaction at seeing French people in the street to protest against pension reform. The former companion of Jacques Dutronc had supported government reform. “All European countries have set the retirement age at 65, 66 or 67, except ours, which has the highest public spending in Europe. (…) And then retirees are living longer and longer and, currently, we do not even have two workers for every retiree,” she said.
