In 1981, Daniel Balavoine met Corinne Barcessat during the recording of the disc sellers of tears appeared in 1982.”She works in the musical universe. He meets her again a few months later on the recording of his album Seller of Tears, declares his love for her and wins her heart. Their love is fusional. She comforts him, shoulders him, follows him everywhere“, explained the journalists of Gala.
Discreet, the couple welcomed their first child on July 15, 1984, a little boy named Jeremiah. Crazy in love, Daniel Balavoine dedicates the song to her Aziza in 1985. That same year, the couple made a rare public appearance on the occasion of the Music Victories. Unfortunately, a drama comes to an abrupt end to their beautiful love story.
Daniel Balavoine died on January 14, 1986 in a terrible helicopter accident in Mali at only 33 years old, while Corinne was four months pregnant with a little girl named Joana who was born in June 1986. Too upset, she did not attend at his funeral organized in Biarritz and will have to carry out a post-mortem procedure to recognize the father of his child so that his daughter can bear the name Balavoine.
Corinne always supports us
Faithful to the memory of Daniel Balavoine who was very involved in various humanitarian missions, Corinne continued her agricultural and educational development projects in Africa and even became Honorary President of the Daniel Balavoine association for a time. “Corinne always supports us, but she also has her life and her children to take care of.“confided Claire Balavoine, the singer’s sister, to Star TV.
After having been press officer for France Gall, Corinne became an author and screenwriter. She has also written for the successful series of France 2, Parents manual and publishes with Cendrine Dominguez the book Three little turns and then the children leave… The empty nest syndrome in 1994. The following year, she also participated in the writing of the biography of Balavoinewritten by Gilles Verlant.
Corinne has since married television director Serge Khalfon, with whom she has two children.