Michel Polnareff is one of the most popular singers of his generation. Besides his hits, he also conquered his admirers with his timeless white glasses. Fashion accessories of course, but his countless pairs have allowed him to correct his hypermyopia from which he has suffered since childhood. Louka’s dad has come a long way …
In the early 90s, Danyellah’s husband discovers to everyone’s amazement that he has a double brown cataract that could make him blind. Panicked, the interpreter of “Love Me, Please Love Me”, decides to lock himself in room 128 at the Royal Monceau in Paris… For 800 days and 800 nights. Fortunately, surgery is possible. But Michel Polnareff is anguished at the idea of performing this operation which could save his eyes. The artist even refuses to meet specialists.
“He was in a panic of going blind. And therefore a panic fear of having an operation and being examined by a doctor. But if he didn’t have the operation, he lost his sight. That’s why he didn’t want to move. He knew where he was going, where he was going. He could live like a blind person roughly “, explained Jean-René Mariani who knows the singer well for” 8:30 pm on Saturday “on France 2 this Saturday, November 20, 2021.
Over time, Michel Polnareff realizes the urgency of this operation and finally lets himself be convinced. “The ophthalmologist came every day. He said: ‘Michel you have to have surgery. I’ll settle that for you, there is no problem ‘. Operated okay, but when and by whom? And then what are the chances of success of an operation of this nature? ”, Added the author of the title“ Goodbye Marylou ”. Michel Polnareff undergoes surgery in 1994 and success is evident in his intervention. If the problem related to his eyes disappeared, he never wanted to take off his white glasses!
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