Death of Pascal Danel, composer of Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro and La Plage aux Romantiques

2024-07-25 10:06:37

The 80-year-old singer died on the night of July 25. In 1966, he made two songs that will write his history.

The popular singer Pascal Danel, performs Snow of Kilimanjarohit of the 60s, died at the age of 80, his managers announced to AFP on Thursday. “He died last night in the hospital”, his agent Christian Jaume told AFP. His son Jean-Pierre Danel also confirmed his death. “He had surgery and had a heart attack”. The musician born in 1944 started playing as a guitarist and singer in a rock band.

A writer-producer, he wrote a first hit The romantic beach in 1966, which met with success in Europe, as well as in Brazil, Canada and Japan, before turning to the rest of the world. End of 1966 was released The snows of Kilimanjaro, his greatest success, recorded in six languages ​​and which sold more than 25 million copies. The title is inspired by a short story by Hemingway and will appear in Robert Guédiguian’s film titled The snows of Kilimanjaro. His hits made him known in tours, appearances in Olympia and TV shows.

At the end of The 1960she discovered a certain Laurent Voulzy, who became his director and organizer (especially on the “Kilimanjaro”). “He played in the balls. I met him at a concert and asked him to be my guitarist. He organized my albums and became my manager. We are fine”, told Pascal Danel to Le Parisien in 2015. In the 1980s, he produced television shows: Cadence 3 on FR3, then Macadam. He also participated in the Tender Age tours, bringing together the music stars of the 60s and 80s.