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Iconic French singer France Gall has died at the age of 70, according to reuters.com.
Her songs were covered by contemporary musicians, including Belle & Sebastian for ‘Poupee…’ and April March for ‘Laisse Tomber Les Filles’. March’s version, ‘Chick Habit’ cover appeared in the film Grindhouse.
Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
January (15)
[07 Jan 2018] France Gall ( French singer, Eurovision 1965 winner), 70, cancer
[05 Jan 2018] Jerry Van Dyke (American actor and singer), 86
[06 Jan 2018] Chris Tsangarides (British music producer for Black Sabbath, Judas Priest), 61, pneumonia and heart failure
[05 Jan 2018] Yon Koeswoyo (Indonesian singer), 77
[04 Jan 2018] John Braun (American radio DJ for WBZI), 68
[04 Jan 2018] Rayya Elias (Syrian-born American author and musician), 57, pancreatic cancer
[03 Jan 2018] Lara Kruger (South African disc jockey for Motsweding FM), 30
[03 Jan 2018] Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva (Soviet opera singer and music educator), 87
[03 Jan 2018] Colin Brumby (Australian composer and conductor), 84
[02 Jan 2018] Rick Hall (American record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner of FAME Studios, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music"), 85
[02 Jan 2018] Radha Viswanathan (Indian vocalist), 83, pneumonia
[02 Jan 2018] Tony Calder ( English music promoter and executive for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), 74
[01 Jan 2018] Vidwan Mahadevappa (Indian violinist, professor at the Fine Arts College of University of Mysore), 87
[01 Jan 2018] Teddy Edelmann (Danish singer), 76
[01 Jan 2018] Robert Mann (American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet), 97
Gall passed away on Sunday after a two-year struggle against cancer, French media reported.Gainsbourg and Gall collaborated on their hit song, ‘Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son’, which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg in 1965.
The news prompted tributes including from President Emmanuel Macron, who said on his Twitter account that “she leaves behind songs that are familiar to all French people and the example of a life devoted to others.”
Gall, whose father penned songs for French greats Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour, rose to fame as a teenager with help from legendary singer and songwriter [Serge] Gainsbourg.
Her songs were covered by contemporary musicians, including Belle & Sebastian for ‘Poupee…’ and April March for ‘Laisse Tomber Les Filles’. March’s version, ‘Chick Habit’ cover appeared in the film Grindhouse.
Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
January (15)
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