“For Pleasure”, “Crazy Lovers”… These titles by Herbert Léonard are inseparable from the 1980s and are also his greatest successes. The singer, now 78, has released a total of nearly 20 albums during his long career, while performing on shows like Tender Age, the Idol Tour, and writing dedicated books. to aviation, one of his passions. Despite the success encountered during his career, Herbert Léonard today receives a “very small retirement”, as he recently confided, reports Télé-Loisirs.
“I must have between 1,500 and 2,000 euros per month. It’s not a lot”, said Herbert Léonard recently. in the show Chez Jordan on C8while ensuring “not to starve”.
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“What I had in front of me, I’m eating right now,” revealed Herbert Léonard, performer, but not songwriter. And this is where the difference is made. The singer claims to only receive “royalties” from CD sales. Herbert Léonard admits to having paid a lot of taxes at the time of his greatest successes, in the 1980s and 1990s. Since the release of his last album in 2016, the singer has been affected by major health problems, having notably was placed in a coma in 2017 following a pulmonary embolism.
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