Françoise Hardy, the French icon and singer known for evoking romantic existentialism in her music, has died at the age of 80. Her son, Thomas Dutronc, confirmed her death in a Facebook post. Sharing ...

Françoise Hardy, the French chanson singer, songwriter, fashion “It Girl” and darling of the 1960s “yé-yé” French pop movement, has died. She was 80. Her death was announced Tuesday on Instagram by ...

Amid the counterculture engulfing the Western world, France's May 1968 political turmoil found its flames fanned by the era's pop hits in the country's charts.

Hardy, whose lyrics often captured the angst and longing of adolescence, had been battling lymphatic cancer since 2004. By The Associated Press Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon ...

PARIS (AP) — Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon since the 1960s, has died. She was 80. Her son, musician Thomas Dutronc, announced her death on social media, sharing a poignant ...