Legendary singer dies in France



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Legendary singer dies in France

Greco became the first French pop star

The famous French singer Juliette Greco has passed away at the age of 93. Her stage career spanned more than seventy years.

In France, the legend of the song, the singer and actress Juliette Greco, died. She died at the age of 93 on Wednesday, September 23.

In the late 1930s, Greco performed as a dancer at the Opera Garnier in Paris. During World War II, she actively participated in the Resistance movement. Her singing career flourished in the postwar period.

Greco’s first album, “I Am As I Am”, was released in 1951 and became a classic of the French chanson. The songs for her were written, in particular, by Charles Aznavour. In the mid-1950s, Juliette Greco became the first French pop star.

In the early 1950s, Greco began his film career. He starred in the films “Orpheus”, “The sun also rises”, “The night of the generals”, “Belphegor – the ghost of the Louvre” and other films.

Greco released her last album in 2012. And in 2015, at the age of 88, the singer went on her farewell tour “Thank you”, performing on stages in France and abroad. She then stated that her wish was “to go out without bending over, in the most elegant way possible.

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