Singer Belgazou, who rose to fame in the 1980s, died on Sunday at the age of 74 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Belgazou, born Diane Primeau, first led a career as a model, then as an actress, notably in 1972 with the film The Doves of Jean-Claude Lord. But it was above all thanks to her new-wave-inspired music that she became a real star in the early 80s. In 1982, she rose to the top of the charts with the piece Talk about it, a success that she will never be able to repeat afterwards.
For years, when she no longer even occupied the front of the stage, Belgazou was one of the Turkish heads of Rock and beautiful ears, then of the show Hot pepper. “She never, ever talked about that. She really had a great strength of character”, underlines her brother Jean-Claude Primeau, who assures that his sister was not resentful.
After her career as a pop singer, Belgazou gave a little to children’s music, before working for a time as a cook for the Molson family. She had retired to the countryside for several years, where she lived a peaceful life, away from the spotlight.
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