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Bookmark or Share- Édith Piaf - WikipediaÉdith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French: [edit pjaf]), was a French entertainer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.
- Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien - (original) - YouTubePiaf dedicated her recording of the song to the French Foreign Legion.At the time of the recording, France was engaged in a military conflict, the Algerian War (1954--1962), and the...
- The tragic life and death of Édith Piaf: a French iconPiaf had led such a wild life that the Archbishop of Paris refused to allow a Mass to be said at her funeral. She was buried at Père Lachaise cemetery following a procession watched by tens of thousands of mourners.
- Édith Piaf - Songs, Movies & Death - BiographyÉdith Piaf, also known as “The Little Sparrow,” rose to international stardom in the late 1930s as a symbol of French passion and tenacity. Of Piaf’s many ballads, “La Vie en Rose,” which she...
- Édith Piaf (1915-1963) - Find a Grave MemorialShe was a French singer of the first half of the 20th century, whose singing fame was worldwide and had developed a cult-following among the working class. Her childhood resembled an abusive role in a television soap opera. Born Edith Gassion, she was the daughter of a cabaret singer and a circus acrobat-performing father.
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