If they have separated since 1987, Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc never divorced. The iconic couple of the French music scene continues to maintain precious cordial ties, and Jacques Dutronc remains very attentive to his wife’s fight against illness. The French favorite singer is fighting for more than four years against laryngeal cancerand the latest news given by Jacques Dutronc to 7 to 8 this Sunday, November 12, 2023 were not the most reassuring: “She can’t get better. She has a lot, a lot of courage. Obviously, I want her to get better. But what can I do?” the singer declared.
If he has lived since 1997 with his former makeup artist Sylvie Duval, the Old Canaille nevertheless remains close to his wife, from whom he receives news daily. Unfortunately, the two ex-lovebirds have not been seen for several months, but they remain no less intimate, and converse by email as often as possible: “I haven’t seen her since the end of December 2022. She couldn’t come on the tour… But we still talk to each other every day by email. It’s been two years, I hope she makes a book about it” confided the father of Thomas Dutronc, who wanted to applaud the courage of his wife, who had made a request for euthanasia to Emmanuel Macron a few years ago, which was rejected.
Why Françoise Hardy saved his life
“(She’s) bad. She has enormous courage. The problem is that the people who treat this disease don’t take care of the side effects at all. You can’t see in one eye anymore, you can’t eat, you have no more saliva. Hello? No one answers. And then Françoise is hard to take care of, she doesn’t want just anything“ explained the friend of Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday. Very modest about the link he maintains with Françoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc explained that the singer had “save the life” by allowing him to become a father in 1973: “By doing Thomas with her, I said everything. I write that she saved my life. Without her, I don’t know what the hell I would have done in this comedy. It was she who turned me towards music… Otherwise, I would be an archivist at Galeries Lafayette.”