Marcel Amont died at 93

He was a wanderer full of fantasy, an actor at heart with an infectious smile. Born on April 1, 1929, the interpreter of Blue, white, blonde, of Gascon origin, has always asserted his Béarnaise roots. Marcel Amont should have been a teacher, but saw himself as an acrobat. He performed in cabarets, and made himself known among other things with a tube, The Mexicanwritten in 1962 by his friend Charles Aznavour.

Madeleine by Proust sound

Brel, Montand, Brassens… Marcel Amont rubbed shoulders with the greatest. The third is moreover at the origin of the Mireille’s hatone of his favorite songs. “We are sowers of refrains, songs punctuate people’s lives. We are sound Proust madeleines”he described in an interview in 2013. His 70-year career has been marked by unfailing optimism: undoubtedly the secret of his longevity.