Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf‘s greatest hit, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at age 95.
Dumont’s spouse instructed French information company Agence France-Presse on Monday (in a single day in Australia) that he had died in a single day on Sunday in Paris.
Born March 16, 1929, in Cahors, southern France, he died at residence following an extended sickness, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported.
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A trumpeter by coaching, Dumont’s profession was unremarkable till he managed to steer Piaf to make use of Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien at first of the Sixties.
He went on to compose nearly 40 songs for the singer, who was one in every of France’s greatest stars of the twentieth century, and in addition sang on a lot of tracks himself.
“My mom gave delivery to me, however Édith Piaf introduced me into the world,” Dumont mentioned in a 2015 interview with AFP.
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“With out her, I might by no means have completed every thing I did, neither as a composer nor as a singer,” he added.
Dumont additionally labored with worldwide musicians reminiscent of Barbra Streisand and Italian-French singer Dalida.
He final carried out in 2019, in keeping with BFMTV.
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