Funeral of Françoise Hardy: an intimate farewell to the singer in pictures

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“Funeral of Françoise Hardy : an intimate farewell to the singer in pictures”

The funeral of the singer, who died at 80 years last Tuesday, took place & Paris, at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, this Thursday.

The essentials

• A final farewell à Françoise Hardy. The funeral of the singer, who disappeared   80 years last Tuesday, took place this Thursday afternoon, & Paris, where she lived and where it went out.
• Dozens of personalities from Culture or Politics were present for this last tribute: Rachida Dati, Brigitte Macron, Nicolas Sarkozy, but also Matthieu Chedid , Julien Clerc, Etienne Daho… Everyone came to say goodbye to the singer, but also support Thomas and Jacques Dutronc.
• Françoise Hardy, faithful è his usual discretion, did not wish for large national tributes and had expressed the wish to be “cremated” e in the privacy of and without religious ceremony,” explains the weekly Paris Match.
• His ashes should be spread in Corsica, more precisely in Corsica. Monticello, where lives Jacques Dutronc and where ù she also owned a house.

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18:34 – A simple ceremony for Françoise Hardy

In her image, simple and elegant: the funeral ceremony of Françoise Hardy lasted for a long time. half an hour and took place in privacy. The singer's biggest songs resonated throughout the world. on the square, where Hundreds of onlookers gathered there, moved and applauding these songs which rocked the world. their youth.

18:15 – "It was a woman from France", for Sarkozy

After his wife Carla Bruni, Nicolas Sarkozy also paid tribute to Françoisçoise Hardy à the exit from Père-Lachaise: "It'éwas a woman from France. Who represented France. Who scored? the French, a whole period. It was elegance, talent, poetry… She accompanied me throughout my life. “since I was a teenager,” saidé the former head of state.

17:49 – "Françoise Hardy scored the French, says Carla Bruni

Very moved, Carla Bruni expressed herself about e at the microphone of BFMTV, rejoicing at the large crowd present at the funeral of Françoise Hardy: "It'éwas a simple goodbye, &agrav; her image (…) she left like the artists. It was &emotional and sad," the former first lady of France.

17:37 – Family photos of Françoise Hardy in homage

Around the coffin of Françoise Hardy wereé exhibited four photos, including several family photos, notably with Thomas Dutronc as a baby. Photos by Jean-Marie Périer. Remember that the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery is a secular place, Françoise Hardy not wanting a ceremony nun.

17:25 – The wishes of Françoise Hardy respected

The singer Françoise Hardy, faithful è his usual discretion, did not wish for great national tributes, but had requested à &be "crematedé and without religious ceremony."

17:12 – Jacques Dutronc supported by his partner Sylvie Duval

The singer Jacques Dutronc éwas obviously present at the funeral of Françoise Hardy, & ; who he is still married to despite their separation in 1991. The two artists have remained very close since. During this ceremony in honor of the deceased singer, her former husband came alongside her partner, Sylvie Duval.

16:59 – Brigitte Macron whistled à her entry into Père-Lachaise

The first lady Brigitte Macron, wife of the president of the Republic, was é whistled à his entry into the Père-Lachaise crematorium, where she came to pay a last homage à Françoise Hardy, note Le Figaro.

16:54 – What did Françoise Hardy die of ?

For two decades, Françoise Hardy had been fighting against the disease: lymphoma which became cancer of the larynx and therefore she suffered terribly. Françoise Hardy had put an end to her her immense career in 2019. She had become, in recent years, one of the faces of the fight for one ;legislation on the end of life and the legalization of euthanasia. 

16:49 – Thomas Dutronc was moved and applauded by the crowd

At the end of the funeral ceremony of Frané ccedil;oise Hardy, Thomas Dutronc left the crematorium visibly very moved and to the loud applause of onlookers who had come to pay a final tribute to the singer.

16:35 – Jacques and Thomas Dutronc left the places

After the exit from the coffin of Françoise Hardy, that of Jacques and Thomas Dutronc, the lifelong companion of Françoise Hardy and their only son. Both had recently shared the stage together, in homage to the singer, already has sick.

16:32 – The music still resonates at Père-Lachaise

While the ceremony is now over and the guests are soon leaving the ceremony. little places, the music continues to resonate in the crematorium of Père-Lachaise, notably with the song Chère amis, which she shared with Marc Lavoine, also present at the event. the ceremony.

16:25 – "We feel a lot of love", says Anouchka Delon

If the emotion was palpable at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, the personalitiesè The guests also gave back to their guests. in their way a tribute to Françoise Hardy. "I came for Thomas [Dutronc]. It was important to be there. (…) We feel a lot of love and that's what we have to remember, reacted Anouchka Delon, daughter of actor Alain Delon. , interviewed on BFMTV. 

16:17 – Three photos by Françoise Hardy exhibited

At the interior of the crematorium of the P&e-Lachaise cemetery, where the funeral ceremony of Françoise Hardy has just ended, three photos of the artist had been released. exhibited. These photos are those of Jean-Marie Périer, famous photographer and ex-companion of the singer.

16:12 – The guests leave the crematorium

Many cultural figures, as well as politicians, were invited to these funerals celebrated in the privacy of the crematorium of the Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise. They are leaving the building, the ceremony having just ended.

16:09 – The crowd applauds Françoise Hardy

Throughout this short funeral ceremony for Françoise Hardy, the crowd, visibly very moved, applauded at length at the end of each song played in tribute to the singer.

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A final farewell à Françoise Hardy. The funeral of the singer, who disappeared   80 years last Tuesday, took place this Thursday afternoon, & Paris, where she lived and where it went out. "We will meet in the Dome room of the crematorium of the Father's cemetery ;re-Lachaise à from 3 p.m., had announced in the Figaro notebook, Jacques Dutronc, her husband from whom she was separated – but not divorced, and their son Thomas. ;#39;it was the latter who announced the death of his mother, in an Instagram post, with these simple words: "Mom is gone."

Little information had filtered through. on the funeral of Françoise Hardy, who, faithful to her; her usual discretion, did not want major national tributes. The singer had in fact expressed the wish to be " cremated in privacy and without religious ceremony,” explained the weekly Paris Match.

After the death of Françoise Hardy, he had beené advanced that the artist's ashes would be spread in Corsica, more precisely in Corsica. Monticello, where lives Jacques Dutronc and where ù she also owned a house. But, according to the town hall of the Corsican town, questioned by the AFP, no request for burial of the ashes in the cemetery' ere had not been made at the beginning of the week. 

Icône yé-yé, figure of French pop, she inspiredé of generations of artists: Françoise Hardy died on Tuesday June 11, at 80 years old. It was his son, Thomas Dutronc, who announced it. on social networks late in the evening. "Mom is gone", the artist simply wrote in the caption of an old photo of him with the singer.

Singer Françoise Hardy had been fighting the disease since 2004: lymphoma which became cancer of the larynx and therefore she suffered terribly. Françoise Hardy had put an end to her her immense career in 2019. She had become, in recent years, one of the faces of the fight for one ;legislation on the end of life and the legalization of euthanasia.