It was via a message posted on his Facebook account that the sad news of the death of Chantal Gallia was announced this Sunday, July 10, 2022. At 65, the great singer, comedian and impersonator died of stroke, in a Parisian hospital. Her family insisted on revealing this sad information, after Chantal Gallia met with great success in the late 1970s, until the early 1990s. Many were able to see her and see her again in various famous TV shows. , but also on the radio, especially in The Academy of Nine, Number One, The 8 p.m. Games or Champs-Elysees.
Chantal Gallia had even landed a small role in the film Go ahead mom by Nicole de Buron, and hosted a weekly 15-minute patch on Antenne 2 (ex-France 2), during the month of August 1989, entitled Gallia of joy. Deeply touched by the disappearance of this great lady, her family shared this message. “We are very sad to announce this Sunday 07/10/2022 the death of Chantal GALLIA which occurred today following a stroke. For nearly 20 years, Chantal had known how to meet the success of the public who faithfully followed her in her artistic career.can we read. Chantal’s talent for singing, imitating others, making us laugh, moving us, was extraordinary.“
A “pioneer” of imitation
Born Chantal Halimi, Chantal Gallia marked people with this atypical career, which she claimed. In the early 1990s, she performed on stage with a few shows, including I announce, I bring downplayed for 3 months in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and No but I’m dreaming, performed for 3 months at the Théâtre Michel, in Paris. She had also accompanied many renowned artists on tour, such as Joe Dassin, Claude François, Dalida and Hervé Vilard. She was the pioneer of imitation in France, as specified by his relatives, at the announcement of his disappearance. She stood out for her perfect imitations of Dalida, Nana Mouskouri, Régine, Sylvie Vartan and Jane Birkin, to name but a few. But also politicians, like François Mitterrand and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. In 1990, she had put her career aside to devote herself to her children. “Chantal had been particularly sensitive to all your support. She wanted her work and her talent to continue to live on the internet, through the videos that her fans broadcast.“, we read, this Sunday, July 10, 2022.