What you have always wanted to know about Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf was one of France's most beloved singers and became a national icon.
Her singing reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being the poignant ballad performed in a heartbreaking voice.
The great love of Piaf's life, the married boxer Marcel Cerdan, died in an October 1949 plane crash, on a flight to see Piaf. Their affair made international headlines.
Piaf was later married twice. Her first husband was Jacques Pills, a singer. Her second husband, Greek Théo Sarapo, was a 26-year-old hairdresser-turned-singer and actor, 20 years younger than Piaf. They married in 1962.
In 1951 she was involved in a car crash along with Aznavour, breaking an arm and two ribs, and thereafter had difficulty breaking serious morphine and alcohol addictions.
At the early age of 47, Piaf died of liver cancer on the French Riviera, on October 1963, the same day that her friend Jean Cocteau died. She had slipped in and out of consciousness for the first two months after her marriage to Sarapo, before dying.
It is said that Sarapo drove her body back to Paris secretly so that fans would think she had died in her hometown.
She was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, where her grave is one of the most visited.
A french movie is dedicated to Edith Piaf, La Mome. It is said to be very realistic and emotional.
The great love of Piaf's life, the married boxer Marcel Cerdan, died in an October 1949 plane crash, on a flight to see Piaf. Their affair made international headlines.
Piaf was later married twice. Her first husband was Jacques Pills, a singer. Her second husband, Greek Théo Sarapo, was a 26-year-old hairdresser-turned-singer and actor, 20 years younger than Piaf. They married in 1962.
In 1951 she was involved in a car crash along with Aznavour, breaking an arm and two ribs, and thereafter had difficulty breaking serious morphine and alcohol addictions.
At the early age of 47, Piaf died of liver cancer on the French Riviera, on October 1963, the same day that her friend Jean Cocteau died. She had slipped in and out of consciousness for the first two months after her marriage to Sarapo, before dying.
It is said that Sarapo drove her body back to Paris secretly so that fans would think she had died in her hometown.
She was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, where her grave is one of the most visited.
A french movie is dedicated to Edith Piaf, La Mome. It is said to be very realistic and emotional.
Sources
Fan website
Wikipedia
A Video of her so-famous "La Vie en Rose"
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