The music hall star, known for many hits like “Blue, White, Blond”, died Wednesday, March 8, at the age of 93.
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Lhe world of music hall loses a star. Leaping artist and whimsical showman, Marcel Amont died on Wednesday March 8 at his home in Saint-Cloud. Aged 93, the music hall star leaves behind him 75 years of career and emblematic titles, like “Blue, white, blond” and “Love passes the time”.
Born April 1, 1929 in Bordeaux, Marcel Miramon, his real name, “went up” to Paris in 1950, gradually making a name for himself in cabarets. In 1956, his first record received a Grand Prix from the Charles-Cros Academy and he opened for Edith Piaf at the Olympia. Despite the yé-yé surge, the singer, who called himself an “entertainer”, clings to the stage and remains true to himself, with titles like “Maria and the milk jug” (1965). He deplores being “one of the rare survivors” of the fanciful artists.
From the Olympia to television
The early 1970s marked the high point of his career: a gold record in 1971 (“L’amour ça passe le temps”), a triumphant Olympia and a TV show, “Amont-Tour”, where he produced with singers and dancers. He tries his hand at musical comedy with “Why don’t you sing? (1975), of which he said that “the review was good but no one came”.
After a period of disgrace, he returned to the Olympia in 1989, before signing his literary debut. He has also appeared in TV movies.
In recent years, he had celebrated his 90th birthday on stage in Paris in 2019, during a concert at the Alhambra, in the company of artists like Serge Lama or Nicoletta.
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