Among the many talented artists who have marked French song, we can naturally and logically quote, Sacha Distel. The interpreter of Scooby-Doo has also succeeded in making a name for itself on the international scene. The one who capsized Brigitte Bardot’s heart unfortunately died on July 22, 2004 at the age of 71 from colon cancer. And today, he rests in the family crypt on the property of his parents-in-law in Rayol-Canadel. The jazz guitarist left behind him, two sons Laurent (born in 1964), and Julien (born in 1967) whom he had with the skier Francine Bréaud, married in 1963.
These two children spoke about him in the columns of Here Paris on the occasion of the release of an album paying homage to him. Before he passed away, Sacha Distel experienced some health problems. He had previously survived, among other things, skin cancer (melanoma) and cancer of the thyroid gland.
In addition to this “thyroid cancer in the mid-1970s”, the star had to undergo vocal cord surgery. “For a singer, it was hard”, continued the youngest of his sons. “He had melanoma of the skin, the cure rate of which is only 2%” corn “He did chemo, and got out of it. Then the doctors diagnosed him with colon cancer, too late.”
In an interview with Gala, in October 2016, Laurent Distel had slipped some anecdotes and memories with his dad, in particular this one:
“As a teenager, however, I avoided telling my last name to the girls I met so that Distel’s name wouldn’t overshadow me”, had entrusted the one who worked on the Paris-Dakar.
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