Michel Delpech
Ce point d’intérêt est disponible en audio dans le circuit: Visit Paris, Père Lachaise : The Cemetery of the East
To your left lies one of France’s most celebrated singer-songwriters — Michel Delpech. Born in 1946, he became obsessed with iconic French singers as a teenager. In 1964, he dropped out of high school to release his first record, “Anatole.” His fame grew with his single “Chez Laurette” and his second album, allowing him to open about 40 times for Jacques Brel, a famous Belgian singer. In 1967, he toured internationally as the opening act for Mireille Mathieu, launching his major success. He went on to release hits like “Wight is Wight,” “Pour un flirt,” and “Le Chasseur” (The Hunter), which became particularly popular among French hunting groups in the 1980s. In 1973, after a difficult divorce and personal tragedy, Delpech faced a period of depression, turning to alcohol and drugs, leading a life with no limits, which he wrote about in his autobiography. Fortunately he recovered by the end of the 1980s and resumed his successful career. He died from tongue and throat cancer on January 2nd, 2016, and was buried here in Père Lachaise Cemetery. If you’d like to pay your respects to this renowned artist, now is the time.
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