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Renowned French singer, France Gall who shot to fame in the 1960s with a series of hits and a sexually evocative song about lollipops written by Serge Gainsbourg, died Sunday aged 70, her spokeswoman announced.
Gall who became a celebrity in 1965 when she won the Eurovision song competition as a strikingly blonde and slightly awkward teenager, had been battling cancer for two years and died in a hospital west of Paris.
Tributes poured in on Sunday for Gall, firstly named Isabelle and born to a successful musician father, while radio and television channels aired special commemoration shows.
“France Gall has travelled through the ages thanks to her sincerity and generosity,” said President Emmanuel Macron in a statement.
“She leaves behind songs known by every French person and the example of a life that was oriented towards others, those that she loved and those that she helped.”
British actress and singer Jane Birkin, whose collaborations with Gainsbourg also propelled her to 1960s stardom, said Gall was “surprising, candid, mysterious… it’s sad, really sad.” – Humiliated –
During the beginning of her career in the 1960s and 70s she formed partnerships with some of the most famed French musicians of the era, notably Gainsbourg, but also Claude Francois and Michel Berger. With her blond bob and eyeliner she became an icon at home of the swinging sixties, while internationally she was the little-known inspiration behind the Frank Sinatra classic “My Way”. Sinatra’s hit was an English adaptation of the 1968 song “Comme d’Habitude” which was written by French glam-rocker Francois about his break-up with the Parisian singer.