In 2018, Françoise Hardy was diagnosed with a cavum tumor. Over the years, this nasopharyngeal cancer has left her deaf in one ear and she also suffers from a lack of irrigation of the ENT sphere, side effects of her radiotherapy and immunotherapy sessions. Despite everything, the singer continues to fight and has found the strength to confide (by email) to our colleagues at Gala.
If her entourage ensures that she is “not on her deathbed”, Françoise Hardy nevertheless decided to take the initiative and made testamentary arrangements in favor of her son, singer Thomas Dutronc. “With the help of my lawyer, I wrote my will a few years ago. I hope to leave Thomas enough to pay the exorbitant inheritance costs that will be claimed from him, as well as the charges that a studio and a apartment where very close friends live will cost him“she explains.
“I have to live in the present. Thinking that sooner or later I will have to leave the beings I love the most in the world, imagine their pain, that makes me cry. I avoid as much as possible” continues Françoise Hardy before discussing the question of euthanasia. If the singer agrees with the idea, her beloved son does not share her point of view. “We are not talking about it because it goes without saying and it is not relevant for the moment. On television, one is inevitably uncomfortable when one forces you to approach such a serious and intimate subject. . “ explains the 77-year-old actress.
Françoise Hardy remains very admiring of her only son: “Thomas works and travels a lot. He comes to see me when he’s in Paris. I follow his activities closely. I love what he does, original songs or covers […]. He doesn’t really want me to watch his TV shows, but when I get notified, I don’t miss them “.
Eleanor de la Fontaine
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