He had been depressed for several years and decided to end it. Pascal Periz ended his life at the age of 62 on Sunday, we learned this Monday from his producer. He was a central figure in the group Pow Wow known for their hit Cat in the 1990s. “Pascal Periz, singer of the group Pow Wow, left us yesterday [dimanche, à Caen]. The singer of Cat will have had 7 lives too, he could no longer bear the last one,” we can read in a press release from the group.
“We will miss his voice, his talent, his humor, we have lost a brother, a brother of singing, a brother of laughter, of dreams, of hope and of sleepless nights,” explains the group’s press release.
The “cat” died tonight
It was Pascal Periz the solo singer of the hit Catreleased in 1992. The three other members, Alain Chennevière, Bertrand Pierre and Ahmed Mouici, provided backing vocals on this piece at the time.
Return to the plainstheir first album, released the same year, with another success, The lion is dead tonight, a reprise, was that of consecration. The group then gradually lost notoriety from the 2000s.