Thomas Dutronc, her musician son, posted on social media, saying, “Mum is gone.”
After making his musical debut in 1962, Hardy went on to become a cultural icon and an inspiration to musicians like Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan. Well-known for her gloomy ballads, she represented the French pop movement known as Yé-yé (yes, yes), which got its name from her homage to English music.
Among her most well-known songs were My Friend the Rose (Mon amie la rose), It Hurts to Say Goodbye (Comment tu saying adieu), and All the Girls and Boys (Tous les garçons et les filles).
All Over the World, an English translation of her song Dans, was her biggest UK hit.
Hardy was born in 1944 in Nazi-occupied Paris and raised by her mother.
She was just 17 when she signed her first record deal. Like many girls at the time, she grew up listening to American and British musicians like Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley on Radio Luxembourg.
Her breakthrough performance as a musician occurred in 1962 when she sung about all the boys and girls going hand in hand as “I walk alone through the streets, my heart aching” in the straightforward, melancholy song Tous les garçons et les filles. In France, it became popular right once, and it even debuted in the UK charts.
Her sense of style drew the attention of fashion designers, and she started modeling for houses like Paco Rabanne and Yves Saint Laurent.
