personalities flock to pay him a last tribute

The grieving soul, relatives and admirers of Françoise Hardy began to gather Thursday at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris for the farewell ceremony to the icon of the sixties, who died at the age of 80.

Thomas Dutronc, the son of Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc, arrived shortly before 3 p.m. under the dome of the Crematorium, where the singer’s family and friends were meeting, for this final goodbye.

Also present were his artistic family, Étienne Daho, Julien Clerc, Laurent Voulzy, Sheila, Dave, Salvatore Adamo, as well as the director François Ozon, who used several of his songs in his films. Nicolas and Carla Sarkozy also made the trip, as did the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati and Brigitte Macron, who was booed.

Hundreds of onlookers came to pay tribute to the woman whose hits “All the boys and girls” and “Comment te dire adieu” rocked their adolescence.

• The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati could not miss the tribute to one of the greatest interpreters of French song.

• Singer Nolwenn Leroy is very close to Thomas Dutronc and has already shared the stage with him.

• The singer Calogero wanted to be present for this last tribute to Françoise Hardy.

• Brigitte Macron arrives without Emmanuel Macron but with her advisor Tristan Bromet.

• The Belgian-Italian singer Salvatore Adamo was close to Françoise Hardy, from the same “yé-yé” generation.

• Françoise Hardy had supported Nicolas Sarkozy during the campaign for the 2012 presidential election. He came to pay tribute to Françoise Hardy, accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni.

• Director Nadine Trintignant moved at the funeral of Françoise Hardy.

• Matthieu Chédid was close to Françoise Hardy. He recounted his closeness with Thomas Dutronc in the show Quelle époque! from June 16: “I spent a lot of time with Thomas when I was 8, 10 years old. I spent my life with them, I was incredibly welcomed into this family. So I first see Françoise as Thomas’ mother. »

• Journalist Michel Denisot at the funeral of Françoise Hardy.

• In the show “I would have wanted to be a song” broadcast on RTL on July 25, 2014, Françoise Hardy revealed that she would have wanted to be the author of I came for her by Laurent Voulzy. This song written by Alain Souchon appears in the latter’s fourth album Avril, released in 2001.

• Singer Dave was a neighbor of Françoise Hardy when they both lived on Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

• Julien Clerc revealed that he sent music to Françoise Hardy only a few months ago asking her if she wanted to write the lyrics. “She told me that she found it rubbish,” says Julien Clerc, laughing in the columns of Paris Match.

• Presenter Mireille Dumas at the funeral of Françoise Hardy.

• Jacques and Thomas Dutronc, the two men in Françoise Hardy’s life, come together to say goodbye to her.

• Marc Lavoine wrote Dear friend (my apologies) released in 1990 as a response to the song Leave anyway by Françoise Hardy.

• Étienne Daho is part of the group of close friends who watched over Françoise Hardy for her final journey.

• In 2018, it was director François Ozon who directed the music video for Françoise Hardy’s song, “Le large”.

• Dominique Besnehard at Père Lachaise for the funeral of Françoise Hardy.

• The singer Armande Altaï, famous for her participation as a teacher in the first seasons of Star Academy.

• Several hundred anonymous people gathered at the Père Lachaise cemetery to express their admiration for Françoise Hardy.