Édith Piaf
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Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world. She is best k
Piaf in 1946
Piaf with Compagnons de la Chanson, 1946
Piaf performing in Rotterdam, with her second husband Théo Sarapo, in 1962
Piaf's grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Jacques Pills
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Jacques Pills was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song
Édith Piaf
…dependency alongside her alcohol problems. Two more near-fatal car crashes exacerbated the situation. In 1952, Piaf married her first husband, singer Jacques Pills (real name René Ducos), with Marlene Dietrich performing the matron of honour duties. During their marriage, on three occasions Pills succeeded in…
Lucienne Boyer and Pills in 1945