Françoise Hardy, whose elegance and beautifully lilting voice made her one of France’s most successful pop stars, has died aged 80.
Releases restarted with 1977’s Star, and Hardy embraced – not always enthusiastically – the sounds of funk, disco and electronic pop.
Later, designer Rei Kawakubo would name her label Comme des Garçons after a line in a Hardy song.
Hardy had lymphatic cancer since 2004, and had undergone years of radiotherapy and other treatments for the illness.
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