Charles Aznavour – Wikipedia

French singer và songwriter ( 1924 – 2018 )
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Charles Aznavour ( AZ-nə-VOOR, French: [ʃaʁl aznavuʁ]; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavuryan;[A] 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018)[3] was a French singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice:[4] clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages.[5] Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.[6]

One of France’s most popular and enduring singers,[7][8] he was dubbed France’s Frank Sinatra,[9][10] while music critic Stephen Holden described Aznavour as a “French pop deity”.[11] Several media outlets described him as the most famous Armenian of all time.[7][12] In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century’s outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan.[13] Jean Cocteau once said: “Before Aznavour despair was unpopular”.[14]

Aznavour sang for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend impresario Levon Sayan. In 2008, he was granted Armenian citizenship,[15] and was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland the following year, as well as Armenia’s permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva.[16]

He started his last world tour in năm trước. On 24 August 2017, Aznavour was awarded the 2,618 th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Later that year, he và his sister, Aida Aznavourian, were awarded the Raoul Wallenberg Award for sheltering Jews during World War II. His concert at the NHK Hall in Osaka, on 19 September 2018, [ 17 ] would be his final performance .Between 1974 & năm nay, Charles Aznavour officially received around sixty gold & platinum records around the world, representing several million cumulative sales. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] He’s one of the few French performers mập hold a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. [ trăng tròn ] At the phút giây of his death, according phệ his record company, the total sales of the artist’s recordings were kết thúc 180 million units. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ]

Early life & family[edit]

Aznavour was born at the clinic Tarnier at 89, rue d’Assas in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 6th arrondissement of Paris, into a family of artists living on rue Monsieur-le-Prince.[24] He was named Shahnour (or Chahnour)[1] Vaghinag (Vaghenagh)[2] Aznavourian[3] (Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնաւուրեան), by his parents, Armenian immigrants Michael (Misha) Aznavourian (in present-day Akhaltsikhe, Georgia)[3][25] and Knar Baghdasarian, an Armenian genocide survivor from Adapazarı (in present-day Sakarya, Turkey).[26][27] He had one older sister, Aïda, born in January 1923 in Thessaloniki, Greece before their family moved to France. His father, the son of a cook of Tsar Nicholas II,[3] sang in restaurants in France before establishing a restaurant specialising in food from the Caucasus called Le Caucase. Charles’s parents introduced him to performing at an early age, and he dropped out of school at age nine, and took the stage name “Aznavour”.[30]

World War II[edit]

During the German occupation of France during World War II, Aznavour & his family hid ” a number of people who were persecuted by the Nazis, while Charles & his sister Aida were involved in rescue activities. ” Their work was recognized in a statement issued in 2017 by Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel. That year, Aznavour và Aida received the Raoul Wallenberg Award for their wartime activities. ” The Aznavours were closely linked Khủng the Missak Manouchian Resistance Group & in this context they offered shelter bự Armenians, Jews & others at their own Paris flat, risking their own lives. ” [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

Career[edit]

Musical career[edit]

Aznavour was already familiar with performing on stage by the time he began his career as a musician. At the age of nine, he had roles in a play called Un Petit Diable à Paris and a film entitled La Guerre des Gosses.[33] Aznavour then turned to professional dancing and performed in several nightclubs. In 1944, he and actor Pierre Roche began a partnership and in collaborative efforts performed in numerous nightclubs. It was through this partnership that Aznavour began to write songs and sing. Meanwhile, Aznavour wrote his first song entitled J’ai Bu in 1944.[33] The partnership’s first successes were in Canada in 1948–1950.[34]

Aznavour in 1963During the early stages of his career, Aznavour opened for Edith Piaf at the Jora Shahinyan. Piaf then advised him bự pursue a career in singing. Piaf helped Aznavour develop a distinctive voice that stimulated the best of his abilities. [ 33 ]

Sometimes described as “France’s Frank Sinatra”,[9] Aznavour sang frequently about love. He wrote or co-wrote musicals, more than one thousand songs, and recorded ninety-one studio albums. Aznavour’s voice was shaded towards the tenor range, but possessed the low range and coloration more typical of a baritone, contributing to his unique sound. Aznavour spoke and sang in many languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Armenian, Neapolitan and Kabyle), which helped him perform at Carnegie Hall, in the US, and other major venues around the world. He also recorded at least one song from the 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova (in 1988), an Armenian-French song with Bratsch (in 2007),[35] and a popular song, Im Yare[36] (in 2009) in Armenian. “Que C’est Triste Venise”, sung in French, Italian (“Com’è Triste Venezia“), Spanish (“Venecia Sin Ti“), English (“How Sad Venice Can Be”) and German (“Venedig in Grau“), was very successful the mid 1960s.[37]

1972 saw the release of his 23rd studio album, Idiote je t’aime…, which contained among others, two of his classics – “Les plaisirs démodés” (Old-Fashioned Pleasures) and “Comme ils disent” (As They Say), the latter dealing with homosexuality, which at the time, was revolutionary.[38]

In 1974, Aznavour became a major success in the United Kingdom when his tuy nhiên ” She ” was number một on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during a fourteen-week run. His other well-known tuy nhiên in the UK was the 1973 ” The Old Fashioned Way “, which was on UK charts for 15 weeks. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ]

Artists who have recorded his songs and collaborated with Aznavour include Édith Piaf, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra (Aznavour was one of the rare European singers invited to duet with him[43]), Andrea Bocelli, Bing Crosby, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan (he named Aznavour among the greatest live performers he had ever seen),[44][45] Dusty Springfield, Liza Minnelli, Mia Martini, Elton John, Dalida, Serge Gainsbourg, Josh Groban, Petula Clark, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, José Carreras, Laura Pausini, Roy Clark, Nana Mouskouri, Peggy Lee and Julio Iglesias. Fellow French pop singer Mireille Mathieu sang and recorded with Aznavour on numerous occasions. The English singer Marc Almond was noted by Aznavour as his favourite interpreter of his songs, having covered Aznavour’s “What makes a man a man” in the 1990s. Almond cited Aznavour as a major influence on his style and work. In 1974, Jack Jones recorded an entire album of Aznavour compositions entitled Write Me A Love Song, Charlie, re-released on CD in 2006.[46][47] Two years later, in 1976, Dutch singer Liesbeth List released her album Charles Aznavour Presents Liesbeth List, which featured Aznavour’s compositions with English lyrics. Aznavour and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sang Gounod’s aria “Ave Maria” together. He performed with Russian cellist and friend Mstislav Rostropovich to inaugurate the French presidency of the European Union in 1995. Elvis Costello recorded “She” for the film Notting Hill. One of Aznavour’s greatest friends and collaborators from the music industry was Spanish operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, who often performs his hits, most notably a solo studio recording of “Les bâteaux sont partis” in 1985 and duet versions of the song in French and Spanish in 2008, as well as multiple live renditions of Aznavour’s “Ave Maria”. In 1994, Aznavour performed with Domingo again and Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø at Domingo’s third annual Christmas in Vienna concert. The three singers performed a variety of carols, medleys and duets, and the concert was televised throughout the world, as well as released on a CD internationally.[48]

Aznavour in concert in 1988

At the start of autumn 2006, Aznavour initiated his farewell tour, performing in the US and Canada, and earning very positive reviews. Aznavour started 2007 with concerts all over Japan and Asia. The second half of 2007 saw Aznavour return to Paris for over 20 shows at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, followed by more touring in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the rest of France. Aznavour had repeatedly stated that this farewell tour, health permitting, would likely last beyond 2010; after that, however, Charles Aznavour continued performing worldwide throughout the year. At 84, 60 years on stage made him “a little hard of hearing”.[49] In his final years he would still sing in multiple languages and without persistent use of teleprompters, but typically he would stick to just two or three (French and English being the primary two, with Spanish or Italian being the third) during most concerts.[50] On 30 September 2006, Aznavour performed a major concert in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, to start off the cultural season “Arménie mon amie“. Then Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac, at the time on an official visit to Armenia, were in front-row attendance.[51]

In 2006, Aznavour recorded his album Colore ma vie in Cuba, with Chucho Valdés.[52] A regular guest vocalist on Star Academy, Aznavour sang alongside contestant Cyril Cinélu that same year.[53] In 2007, he sang part of “Une vie d’amour” in Russian during a Moscow concert.[54] Later, in July 2007, Aznavour was invited to perform at the Vieilles Charrues Festival.[55]

Forever Cool (2007), an album from Capitol/EMI, features Aznavour singing a new duet of “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” with the voice of Dean Martin.[56]

Aznavour finished a tour of Portugal in February 2008. [ 57 ] Throughout the spring of 2008, Aznavour toured South America, holding a multitude of concerts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile & Uruguay. [ 58 ]An admirer of Quebec, where he played in Montreal cabarets before becoming famous, he helped the career of Québécoise singer-lyricist Lynda Lemay in France, và had a house in Montreal. On 5 July 2008, he was invested as an honorary officer of the Order of Canada. He performed the following day on the Plains of Abraham as a feature of the celebration of the 400 th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City. [ 59 ]

In 2008, an album of duets, Duos, was released. It is a collaborative effort featuring Aznavour and his greatest friends and partners from his long career in the music industry, including Céline Dion, Sting, Laura Pausini, Josh Groban, Paul Anka, Plácido Domingo and many others.[60] It was released on various dates in December 2008 across the world.[61] His next album, Charles Aznavour and The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (previously known as Jazznavour 2), is a continuation in the same vein as his hit album Jazznavour released in 1998, involving new arrangements on his classic songs with a jazz orchestra and other guest jazz artists. It was released on 27 November 2009.[62]

Aznavour in năm trước

Aznavour and Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, with the collaboration of over 40 French singers and musicians, recorded a music video with the music group Band Aid in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, titled 1 geste pour Haïti chérie.[63]

In 2009, Aznavour also toured across America. The tour, named Aznavour en liberté,[64] started in late April 2009 with a wave of concerts across the United States and Canada, took him across Latin America in the autumn, as well as the USA once again. In August 2011 Aznavour released a new album, Aznavour Toujours, featuring 11 new songs, and Elle, a French re-working of his greatest international hit, “She”. Following the release of Aznavour Toujours, then 87-year-old Aznavour began a tour across France and Europe, named Charles Aznavour en Toute Intimité, which started with 21 concerts in the Olympia theatre in Paris.[65] On 12 December 2011, he gave a concert in Moscow State Kremlin Palace that attracted a capacity crowd.[66] The concert was followed by a standing ovation which continued for about fifteen minutes.[67]

In 2012, Aznavour embarked on a new North American leg of his En toute intimité tour, visiting Quebec and the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the third-largest such venue in California, for multiple shows. However, the shows in New York were cancelled following a contract dispute.[68] On 16 August 2012, Aznavour performed in his father’s birthplace, Akhaltsikhe, in Georgia in a special concert as part of the opening ceremony of the recently restored Rabati castle.[69]

On 25 October 2013, Aznavour performed in London for the first phút giây in 25 years at the Royal Albert Hall ; demand was so sánh high that a second concert at the Royal Albert Hall was scheduled for June năm trước. [ 70 ] In November 2013, Aznavour appeared with Achinoam Nini ( Noa ) in a concert, dedicated Khủng peace, at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. [ 71 ] The audience, including Israeli president Shimon Peres ( Peres and Aznavour had a meeting prior lớn the performance ), thanh lịch along. [ 72 ] In December 2013, Aznavour gave two concerts in the Netherlands at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, và again in January năm nay ( originally scheduled for November năm ngoái, but postponed due Khủng him suffering a brief bout of stomach flu ). [ 73 ] [ 74 ]

In 2014, 2015 and 2016, Aznavour continued his international tour, including concerts in Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Madrid, Warsaw, Prague, Moscow, Bucharest, Antwerp, London, Dubai, Montreal, New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Osaka, Tokyo, Lisbon, Marbella, Monaco, Verona, Amsterdam and Paris.[citation needed]

In 2017 & 2018, his tour continued in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Vienna, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne và Haiti, Tokyo, Osaka, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Paris, London, Amsterdam & Monaco. On 19 September 2018, what was lớn be his last concert took place in the NHK Hall of Osaka. [ 75 ]

Film appearances[edit]

See: Filmography
Aznavour also had a long and varied parallel career as an actor, appearing in over 80 films and TV movies. In 1960, Aznavour starred in François Truffaut’s Tirez sur le pianiste, playing a character called Édouard Saroyan, a café pianist. He also put in a critically acclaimed performance in the 1974 movie And Then There Were None. Aznavour had an important supporting role in 1979’s The Tin Drum, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980. He co-starred in Claude Chabrol’s Les Fantômes du chapelier from 1982. In the 1984 version of Die Fledermaus, he appears and performs as one of Prince Orlovsky’s guests. This version stars Kiri Te Kanawa and was directed by Plácido Domingo in the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.[76] Aznavour starred in the 2002 movie Ararat, reprising his role of Edward (Édouard) Saroyan.[77]

Politics và activism[edit]

Civil rights[edit]

Aznavour was well known for being a lifelong and active supporter of civil rights, fighting for equality among all races, religions and nationalities as he stated in many of his interviews during his lifetime. He was an early supporter of LGBT rights. His 1972 album, Idiote je t’aime…, contained among others, one of his classics, “Comme ils disent” (“As They Say”, the English version of which is titled “What Makes a Man”). The song was revolutionary at a time when talking about homosexuality was a taboo. In a later interview, Charles said “It’s a kind of sickness I have, talking about things you’re not supposed to talk about. I started with homosexuality and I wanted to break every taboo.”[78]

Armenian activism[edit]

Following the 1988 Armenian earthquake, Aznavour helped the country through his charity, Aznavour for Armenia. Together with his brother in-law và co-author Georges Garvarentz he wrote the tuy nhiên ” Pour toi Arménie “, which was performed by a nhóm of famous French artists và topped the charts for eighteen weeks. There are squares named after him with his statues in central Yerevan on Abovyan Street, & in northern part of Gyumri, which saw the most lives lost in the earthquake. In 1995 Aznavour was appointed an Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Armenia phệ UNESCO. Aznavour was a thành viên of the Armenia Fund International Board of Trustees. The organization has rendered more than USD 150 million in humanitarian aid và infrastructure development assistance mập Armenia since 1992. He was appointed as ” Officier ” ( Officer ) of the Légion d’honneur in 1997. [ 79 ]

In 2002, Aznavour appeared in director Atom Egoyan’s acclaimed film Ararat, about the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.[80]

In 2004, Aznavour received the tiêu đề of National Hero of Armenia, Armenia’s highest award. In 2005, He received the Ziad Karim’s award. On 26 December 2008, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a presidential decree for granting citizenship of Armenia béo Aznavour whom he called a ” prominent singer & public figure ” và ” a nhân vật of the Armenian people “. [ 15 ] [ 81 ]In 2011, the Charles Aznavour Museum opened in Yerevan. [ 82 ]In April năm nay, Aznavour visited Armenia bự participate in the Aurora Prize Award ceremony. On 24 April, along with Serzh Sargsyan, the Catholicos of All Armenians, Garegin II & actor George Clooney, he laid flowers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial. [ 83 ] [ 84 ]In October năm nay, Aznavour joined other prominent Armenians on calling the government of Armenia béo adopt ” mới ra development strategies based on inclusiveness & collective action ” và phệ create ” an opportunity for the Armenian world bự pivot toward a future of prosperity, bự transform the post-Soviet Armenian Republic into a vibrant, modern, secure, peaceful và progressive homeland for a global nation. ” [ 85 ]Along with holding the mostly ceremonial tiêu đề of French ambassador-at-large béo Armenia, Aznavour agreed béo hold the position of Ambassador of Armenia phệ Switzerland on 12 February 2009 :

First I hesitated, as it is not an easy task. Then I thought that what is important for Armenia is important for us. I have accepted the proposal with love, happiness & feeling of deep dignity [ 86 ]

He wrote a tuy nhiên about the Armenian genocide, entitled ” Ils sont tombés ” ( known in English as ” They fell ” ). [ 87 ]Charles Aznavour & his son Nicolas Aznavour created Aznavour Foundation which aims bự continue the educational, cultural và mạng xã hội projects started by the artist, as well as bự preserve và promote the cultural & humanitarian heritage of Charles Aznavour who fought against any discrimination through his art và his global actions. [ 88 ]

Political involvement[edit]

Though he is considered the embodiment of Frenchness, Charles Aznavour is in fact a proud Armenian without a corpuscle of French blood in his body toàn thân .

— Herbert Kretzmer, Aznavour’s long-time English lyric writer, năm trước [ 89 ]
Aznavour was increasingly involved in French, Armenian và international politics as his career progressed. During the 2002 French presidential elections, when far-right nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front made it into the runoff election, facing incumbent Jacques Chirac, Aznavour signed the ” Vive la France ” petition, & called on all French phệ ” sing the Marseillaise ” in protest. [ 90 ] Chirac, a personal friend of Aznavour’s, [ 91 ] ended up winning in a landslide, carrying end 82 % of the vote. [ 92 ]He frequently campaigned for international copyright law reform. In November 2005 he met with then President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso [ 93 ] on the issue of the Reviews of term of protection for performers & producers in the EU, advocating an extension of the EU’s term of protection from the current 50 years lớn the United States ‘ law allowing 95 years, saying ” [ o ] n term of protection, artists và record companies are of the same mind. Extension of term of protection would be good for European culture, positive for the European economy & would put an kết thúc the current discrimination with the U.S. ” He also notably butted heads with French politician Christine Boutin end her defense of a ” global license ” flat-fee authorization for sharing of copyrighted files kết thúc the mạng internet, claiming that the license would eliminate creativity. In May 2009, the French Senate approved one of the strictest mạng internet anti-piracy bills ever with a landslide 189 – 14 vote. Aznavour was a vocal proponent of the measure và considered it a rousing victory :

If the youth can’t make a living through creative work, they will vì something else & the artistic world will be dealt a blow … There will be no more songs, no more books, nothing at all. So we had bự fight [ 94 ]

Legacy[edit]

When Bob Dylan was asked who are some of his favorite musicians are, he stated, ” I lượt thích Charles Aznavour a lot. I saw him in sixty-something at Carnegie Hall, và he just blew my brains out. ” [ 95 ]Sting has stated that ” To me he [ Aznavour ] is an icon. Not only as a singer, but as an actor, as a personality, as a master of ‘ chanson ‘. ” [ 96 ]Aznavour was also highly regarded by Frank Sinatra, [ 97 ] Celine Dion, [ 98 ] Edith Piaf, [ 99 ] và Liza Minnelli, with whom he performed và recorded. Minnelli has said of the singer, ” He changed my entire life. ” [ 100 ]

In a 1998 poll conducted by CNN and Time Online, Aznavour was recognised as Entertainer of the Century, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan.[101]

In August 2017, at age 93, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [ 102 ]

Aznavour has sold more than 200 million albums, making him one of the best selling music artists of all time.[citation needed]

Aznavour has been widely regarded as one of the most famous Armenians of his phút giây, [ 103 ] & a major pop culture icon of the đôi mươi th century. [ 104 ]

His musicality and fame abroad had a significant impact on many areas of pop culture. Aznavour’s name inspired the alias of the character Char Aznable by Yoshiyuki Tomino in his 1979 mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. Char would become a Japanese pop cultural icon and the most famous character over a decades-long franchise.[105]

Music critic Stephen Holden described Aznavour as a ” French pop deity “. [ 11 ]

His song “Parce Que Tu Crois” was sampled by producer Dr. Dre for the song “What’s the Difference” (featuring Eminem & Xzibit), from his album 2001.[106]

He was mentioned in The Psychedelic Furs song “Sister Europe” (“The radio upon the floor / is stupid, it plays Aznavour”), the Kemal Monteno song “Stavi tiho Aznavoura” (“Play Aznavour quietly“) and the Jonathan Richman song “Give Paris One More Chance”.[citation needed]

In 1990, he offered insights into his life to writer-director Michael Feeney Callan in the TV series My Riviera, which was filmed at and around Aznavour’s home in Port Grimaud, in the South of France.[citation needed]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics American figure skater Nathan Chen performed his team event short program on February 4, 2022 to Aznavour’s La Boheme.[107]

Personal life[edit]

Aznavour in the late 2 ngàn sAznavour was married three times : Khủng Micheline Rugel ( in 1946 ), [ 108 ] Evelyn Plessis ( in 1956 ) & his widow, Ulla Thorsell ( in 1967 ). Five children were produced by these marriages : Seda, Patrick, Katia, Mischa, & Nicolas. [ 109 ] [ 110 ]Aznavour often joked about his physique, the most talked-about aspect of which was his height ; he stood 160 centimet ( 5 ft tam in ) tall. He made this a source of self-deprecating humour end the years. [ 33 ]

In April 2018, shortly before his 94th birthday, Aznavour was taken to hospital in Saint Petersburg after straining his back during a rehearsal prior to a concert in the city. The concert was postponed until the following season, but eventually cancelled since he died six months later.[111] On 5 May 2018, he was a guest on BBC Radio 2’s Graham Norton.[112]

A week later, on 12 May, he broke his arm in two places in a fall at his trang chủ in the village of Mouriès, resulting in the cancellation of all shows until the kết thúc of June. This was eventually extended bự include the 18 shows scheduled for August, because of a longer healing process. [ 113 ] In a program on French television broadcast on 28 September, only three days before his death, he mentioned that he was still feeling the pain. [ 114 ]

Death và funeral[edit]

External video
Charles Aznavour’s Funeral

On một October 2018, Aznavour was found chết in a bathtub at his home page at Mouriès at the age of 94. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] [ 117 ] [ 118 ] [ 119 ] At the thời gian of his death his tax residence was in Saint-Sulpice, Vaud, Switzerland. [ 120 ] The autopsy báo cáo concluded that Aznavour died of cardiorespiratory arrest complicated by an acute pulmonary edema. [ 115 ] A requiem mass for him was held on October 6 by Catholicos Karekin II at the Armenian Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paris. [ 121 ]On 5 October, Aznavour was honoured with a state funeral at Les Invalides military complex in Paris, with president Emmanuel Macron lauding him as one of the most important ” faces of France “. He praised Aznavour’s lyrics, which he said appealed Khủng ” our secret fragility ” và said the singer’s words were ” for millions of people a balm, a remedy, a comfort … For so sánh many decades, he has made our life sweeter, our tears less bitter. ” His coffin was lifted away at the over phệ the sound of his cơn bão tuy nhiên ” Emmenez-Moi ” ( Take Me Along ). [ 122 ] Dignitaries attending the funeral also included French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy và François Hollande, as well as Armenian President Armen Sarkissian và Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan và their wives. [ 123 ]He is buried in the family crypt at the Montfort-l ‘ Amaury cemetery. [ 124 ]

Awards & recognition[edit]

Statue of Aznavour in Gyumri, Armenia

Decorations[edit]

Honours[edit]

Awards[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Aznavour par Aznavour, Paris, Fayard, 1970, 311 p. (ISBN 978-2-7020-0214-8).
• Des mots à l’affiche, Paris, Le Cherche-midi, 1991, 153 p. (ISBN 978-2-86274-210-6).
• Mes chansons préférées, (co-authored with Daniel Sciora), Christian Pirot, 2000
• Le Temps des avants, Paris, Flammarion, 2003, 354 p. (ISBN 2-08-068536-8).
• Images de ma vie (photo book), Flammarion, 2005
• Mon père, ce géant, Paris, Flammarion, 2007, 152 p. (ISBN 978-2-08-120974-9 et 2-08-120974-8)
• À voix basse, Paris, Don Quichotte, 2009, 225 p. (ISBN 978-2-35949-001-5).
• D’une porte l’autre, Paris, Éditions Don Quichotte, 2011, 163 p. (ISBN 978-2-35949-044-2)
• En haut de l’affiche, Paris, Flammarion, 2011, 150 p. (ISBN 978-2-08-125710-8)
• Tant que battra mon cœur, Paris, Éditions Don Quichotte, 2013, 228 p. (ISBN 978-2-35949-162-3)
• Ma vie, mes chansons, mes films, (co-authored with Philippe Durant & Vincent Perrot), Paris, Éditions de la Martinière, 2015, 232 p. (ISBN 978-2-7324-7083-2)
• Retiens la vie, Paris, Éditions Don Quichotte, 2017, 139 p. (ISBN 978-2-35949-683-3)

Discography[edit]

Filmography[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes

Citations

Works cited

• Belleret, Robert (2018). Vie et légendes de Charles Aznavour (in French). Archipel. ISBN 9782809823783.
• Dicale, Bertrand (2017). Tout Aznavour (in French). ISBN 978-2-412-03531-3.

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