Françoise Hardy, the French chanson singer, songwriter, fashion “It Girl” and darling of the 1960s “yé-yé” French pop movement, has died. She was 80. Her death was announced Tuesday on ...

Françoise Hardy, the French icon and singer known for evoking romantic existentialism in her music, has died at the age of 80. Her son, Thomas Dutronc, confirmed her death in a Facebook post.

Françoise Hardy, a French actress and singer who had a number of hits in the 1960s with songs like “Tous les garçons et les filles (All the boys and girls),” has died at the age of 80.

When he came to Paris to do his first concert there, Hardy recalled, he refused to return to the stage unless she agreed to meet him. French singer-songwriter Francoise Hardy, UK, 9th February 1968.