Michel Delpech, a famous French singer who used songs to record the life of French people in the post-war "golden age", died on January 2 at the age of 69.
At 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Michel Delpech died of cancer at the Puteaux Hospital in Greater Paris. His wife, Geneviève Delpech, announced the news to the media.
In 1965, Delpech became famous for singing Chez Laurette (at Laurent's house). (Image source: The pictures in this article are from the European Times internal reference)
That evening, French President François Hollande issued an announcement paying tribute and condolences to the famous singer: "Michel Delpech has passed away, he will never grow old. Delpech's songs are touching, he sings about the lives of ordinary French people, singing about our pain and emotion. Delpech was the best interpreter of the 70s. Hollande expressed his condolences to Delpech's wife and children: "He never 'went out of style', from Chez Laurette (in Laurent's house) to Le Loir-et-Cher, he said to us with his voice "Que Marianne était jolie (How beautiful is Marianna - Marianna is also the national symbol of the French Republic)". At the beginning of the new year, the French wept for the loss of a great singer. ”
At the 21st Francofolies Festival in 2005, Delpech performed a play.
French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin expressed great sorrow over the passing of Michel Delpech: "He was a people's artist whose songs have penetrated into the lands of France and have been sung by generations. ”
Jean-Michel Delpech was born on 26 January 1946 in Courbevoie, Greater Paris, and in 1965 Delpech became known to the French with a poem called Chez Laurette (in Laurent's house). Delpech was active in the music scene until the late 1970s, and an important feature of his work is the use of piano accompaniment. He chronicled the 70s in France in songs, reflecting the changes in people's lives at that time: new family patterns, rural-urban population movements: Les divorcés (divorce), Le Loir-et-Cher (Loire-Cher), Le chasseur (hunter), Pour un flirt( for a flirt), Wight is Wight, and Quand j'étais chanteur (I used to be a singer).
In 1972, Delpech joined his music friends in congratulating the record on its hit.
In 1975, Michel Delpech and former French President D'Estaine recorded a TELEVISION show in the gardens of the Presidential Palace. Midi Première？。
Divorcing his wife in 1976 was a major turning point in Delpech's life, and beginning in the late 1970s, he gradually withdrew from the public eye and became interested in Buddhism. After remarrying in 1985, Delpech was active for some time and worked with several musicians. Loin d'ici (Far Away) is considered to be his last masterpiece of this period.
Delpech with his first wife, Chantal Simon, and two children. After the divorce, Delpech fell into depression for a time.
Delpech found happiness again in his marriage to his second wife, Geneviève Garnier-Fabre, and in 1990 they had a son, Emmanuel.
In late 1990, the rise of nostalgia in France brought Delpech back into the spotlight. The famous director Xavier Giannoli named the film after Delpech's masterpiece Of the seventies, Quand j'étais chanteur, and used it as the main theme. In the week after the film's release, Quand j'étais chanteur records sold 200,000 copies.
In the 2007 presidential election, Michel Delpech helped Ségolène Royal (current minister of environmental protection).
In Delpech's memoir, Vivre, written from his hospital bed, he says, "I don't have a so-called 'healthy' life, but my life is full of creativity and happiness. ”
Since 2012, Delpech has tried to develop into the film and television industry, playing a singer in the film L'Air de rien. In March 2013, Delpech was forced to cancel several concerts due to throat cancer.
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