He was obvly gay but why did he marry Edh anyway? Y, she is one of the biggt and most beloved French legends but... she was fancially s at the end and his duet wh her did ltle ...
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- ÉDH {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}FRENCH SGER ÉDH PIAF, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE LTLE SPARROW,” WAS ONE OF THE MOST INIC PERFORMERS OF HER NATIVE {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: NOV 1, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1915-1963){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS ÉDH PIAF?ÉDH PIAF, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE LTLE SPARROW,” ROSE TO TERNATNAL STARDOM THE LATE 1930S AS A SYMBOL OF FRENCH PASSN AND TENACY. OF PIAF’S MANY BALLADS, “LA VIE EN ROSE,” WHICH SHE WROTE, IS REMEMBERED AS HER SIGNATURE SONG. OTHER FAVOR AMONG THE SGER'S REPERTOIRE CLU "MILORD," "PADAM PADAM," "MON DI," THE CHARMG "MON MANèGE à MOI" AND THE ANTHEMIC "NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN." HAVG A LIFE BET BY ADDICTNS AND RELATED HEALTH ISSU, PIAF DIED FRANCE 1963 AT THE AGE OF 47. SHE NTU TO BE REVERED AS A NATNAL TREASURE. EARLY LIFEÉDH PIAF WAS BORN ÉDH GVANNA GASSN BELLEVILLE, PARIS, ON DECEMBER 19, 1915. MUCH OF HER PAST IS SHROUD MYSTERY AND MAY HAVE BEEN EMBELLISHED DURG HER TIME AS A CELEBRY. IT IS BELIEVED SHE WAS NAMED AFTER THE WORLD WAR I BRISH NURSE EDH CAVELL, EXECUTED FOR HELPG BELGIAN SOLDIERS PE OM GERMAN PTIVY. HER MOTHER, ANTA GVANNA MAILLARD, WAS A FE SGER OF MOROCN BERBER SCENT WHO PERFORMED UNR THE NAME “LE MARSA.” PIAF’S FATHER, LOUIS-ALPHONSE GASSN, WAS A HIGHLY SKILLED STREET ACROBAT. ANTA HAD ABANDONED PIAF TO LIVE WH HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHERE SHE GREW MALNOURISHED. BEG TAKEN OM THAT HOEHOLD BY HER FATHER OR ANOTHER RELATIVE, PIAF THEN LIVED WH HER PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHO RAN A BROTHEL. PIAF SUFFERED GREATLY OM IMPAIRED VISN FOR A TIME YET ALSO BEME RENOWNED FOR HER VOICE AT A YOUNG AGE. AT THE AGE OF 7, SHE JOED HER FATHER AND A CIRC RAVAN TO TRAVEL TO BELGIUM, EVENTUALLY PARTICIPATG STREET PERFORMANC ALL OVER FRANCE.PIAF LATER SEPARATED OM HER FATHER, WHO WAS OFTEN A TEMPERAMENTAL, ABIVE TASKMASTER, AND SET OUT ON HER OWN AS A STREET SGER AND AROUND PARIS. AT 17, SHE AND A YOUNGSTER NAMED LOUIS DUPONT HAD A DGHTER, MARCELLE, WHO DIED OF MENGIS AT 2 YEARS OLD.RISE TO FAMEIN 1935, PIAF WAS DISVERED BY LOUIS LEPLéE, WHO OWNED THE SUCCSFUL CLUB LE GERNY OFF THE CHAMPS-ÉLYSé. HER NERVO ENERGY AND SMALL STATURE SPIRED THE NICKNAME THAT WOULD STAY WH HER FOR THE RT OF HER LIFE: LA MôME PIAF ("THE LTLE SPARROW"). PIAF RECEIVED GUIDANCE THE LERARY ARTS OM FRENCH POET/HISTORIAN JACQU BOURGEAT, WHILE LEPLéE RAN A MAJOR PUBLICY MPAIGN PROMOTG PIAF’S OPENG NIGHT, WHICH WAS ATTEND BY THE LIK OF MRICE CHEVALIER. SHE WAS POPULAR ENOUGH TO RERD TWO ALBUMS THAT SAME YEAR. LEPLéE WAS MURRED THE FOLLOWG SPRG. AFTER THORI VTIGATED HER AS A POTENTIAL ACPLICE TO THE CRIME, PIAF AND A NEW TEAM TOOK CHARGE OF HER REER. SHE BEGAN TO WORK WH RAYMOND ASSO, WHO ALSO BEME HER LOVER, AND ADOPTED HER STAGE NAME ÉDH PIAF PERMANENTLY. CONTUG THE TRADN OF PERFORMG CHANSONS RéALIST, SHE MISSNED SONGS THAT ROMANTICIZED HER LIFE ON THE STREETS, PASSNATELY EMPHASIZG HER NER STRENGTH. THE SGER WORKED CLOSELY WH POSER MARGUERE MONNOT DURG THIS TIME.REVERED BY LUMARI LIKE JEAN COCTE, PIAF WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PERFORMERS FRANCE DURG WORLD WAR II. HER NCERTS FOR GERMAN SERVICEMEN WERE NTROVERSIAL, ALTHOUGH WAS LATER BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKG FOR THE FRENCH RISTANCE AND HELPED JEWISH RAS PE NAZI PERSECUTN. AFTER THE WAR, HER FAME SPREAD QUICKLY. SHE TOURED EUROPE, SOUTH AMERI AND THE UNED STAT. ALTHOUGH AMERIN DIENC WERE IALLY PUT OFF BY HER DOUR MEANOR AND DARK CLOTH, PIAF GARNERED GLOWG REVIEWS AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVED ENOUGH OF AN DIENCE TO WARRANT SEVERAL TELEVISED PERFORMANC ON THE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ED SULLIVAN SHOW THROUGHOUT THE 1950S.PERSONAL LIFETHE PERSONAL LIFE OF PIAF WAS CHARACTERISTILLY DRAMATIC. SHE WAS VOLVED THREE SER R CRASH AFTER 1951, LEADG TO MORPHE AND ALHOL ADDICTNS. PIAF, LIVG THROUGH THE HURTS AND ABANDONMENTS OF HER EARLY LIFE, HAD HIGH-PROFILE ROMANC WH MANY OF HER MALE ASSOCIAT AND SOME OF THE BIGGT CELEBRI FRANCE. KNOWN FOR TENSE DALLIANC THAT FIZZLED OUT, SHE MARRIED TWICE. HER FIRST MARRIAGE TO SGER JACQU PILLS 1952 LASTED UNTIL 1957. HER 1962 MARRIAGE TO THéO SARAPO, A GREEK HAIRDRSER AND PERFORMER 20 YEARS HER JUNR WHO WAS GAY, LASTED UNTIL HER ATH THE FOLLOWG YEAR. IT WAS REVEALED POSTHUMOLY VIA LETTERS THAT PIAF HAD GREAT AFFECTN FOR GREEK ACTOR DIMRIS HORN DURG THE MID-1940S, BUT MARRIED BOXER MARCEL CERDAN, WHOM SHE MET 1947, WAS NSIRED TO BE HER EPT LOVE. THEIR TIME TOGETHER WAS CUT SHORT WHEN HE PERISHED A 1949 PLANE CRASH, WH THE SGER RERDG "L'HYMNE à L'AMOUR" THE FOLLOWG YEAR HIS HONOR.DEATH AND LEGACYPIAF REMAED PROFSNALLY ACTIVE UNTIL THE FAL YEARS OF HER LIFE, PERFORMG EQUENTLY PARIS BETWEEN 1955 AND 1962. IN 1960, THOUGH AIMG TO RETIRE, SHE HAD A RURGENCE OF SORTS WH THE RERDG OF THE CHARL DUMONT AND MICHEL VIRE TUNE "NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN," WHICH WOULD BEE HER LATTER DAY ANTHEM. IN APRIL 1963, PIAF RERD HER LAST SONG. WH AN ARRAY OF HEALTH HARDSHIPS OVER THE YEARS, ÉDH PIAF DIED OM LIVER FAILURE AT HER FRENCH RIVIERA VILLA ON OCTOBER 10, 1963. (OTHER POTENTIAL OF ATH HAVE BEEN SUGGTED AS WELL.) SHE WAS 47. THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS NIED REQUTS FOR A MASS, CG PIAF’S IRRELIG LIFTYLE, BUT HER FUNERAL PROCSN WAS NOHELS A MASSIVE UNRTAKG ATTEND BY THOANDS OF VOTE. SHE IS BURIED PèRE LACHAISE CEMETERY PARIS NEXT TO HER DGHTER MARCELLE.A LD BPIC ON PIAF WAS RELEASED 2007—LA VIE EN ROSE, WH FRENCH ACTRS MARN COTILLARD ARNTLY EMBODYG THE SGER AND EARNG AN AMY AWARD. THE KNOPF BOOK NO REGRETS: THE LIFE OF EDH PIAF, BY CAROLYN BURKE, WAS PUBLISHED 2011. PLANS TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL OF PIAF'S BIRTH 2015 CLU A 350-TRACK BOX SET TO BE RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE AND A MAJOR EXHIBN TO BE HELD AT THE BIBLTHèQUE NATNALE FRANCE. "THE MAGIC OF PIAF IS HER REPERTOIRE THAT TOUCH EVERYONE,” SAID JOëL HUTHWOHL, THE HEAD CURATOR OF THE EXHIB, AN TERVIEW WH THE GUARDIAN. “SHE SANG SIMPLE SONGS WH LOVELY MELODI THAT SPOKE TO EVERYONE AT THOSE IMPORTANT MOMENTS THEIR LIV."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
- FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
- FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
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OF PIAF’S MANY BALLADS, “LA VIE EN ROSE,” WHICH SHE WROTE, IS REMEMBERED AS HER SIGNATURE SONG. OTHER FAVOR AMONG THE SGER'S REPERTOIRE CLU "MILORD," "PADAM PADAM," "MON DI," THE CHARMG "MON MANèGE à MOI" AND THE ANTHEMIC "NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN." HAVG A LIFE BET BY ADDICTNS AND RELATED HEALTH ISSU, PIAF DIED FRANCE 1963 AT THE AGE OF 47. SHE NTU TO BE REVERED AS A NATNAL TREASURE. EARLY LIFEÉDH PIAF WAS BORN ÉDH GVANNA GASSN BELLEVILLE, PARIS, ON DECEMBER 19, 1915. MUCH OF HER PAST IS SHROUD MYSTERY AND MAY HAVE BEEN EMBELLISHED DURG HER TIME AS A CELEBRY. IT IS BELIEVED SHE WAS NAMED AFTER THE WORLD WAR I BRISH NURSE EDH CAVELL, EXECUTED FOR HELPG BELGIAN SOLDIERS PE OM GERMAN PTIVY. HER MOTHER, ANTA GVANNA MAILLARD, WAS A FE SGER OF MOROCN BERBER SCENT WHO PERFORMED UNR THE NAME “LE MARSA.” PIAF’S FATHER, LOUIS-ALPHONSE GASSN, WAS A HIGHLY SKILLED STREET ACROBAT. ANTA HAD ABANDONED PIAF TO LIVE WH HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHERE SHE GREW MALNOURISHED. BEG TAKEN OM THAT HOEHOLD BY HER FATHER OR ANOTHER RELATIVE, PIAF THEN LIVED WH HER PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHO RAN A BROTHEL. PIAF SUFFERED GREATLY OM IMPAIRED VISN FOR A TIME YET ALSO BEME RENOWNED FOR HER VOICE AT A YOUNG AGE. AT THE AGE OF 7, SHE JOED HER FATHER AND A CIRC RAVAN TO TRAVEL TO BELGIUM, EVENTUALLY PARTICIPATG STREET PERFORMANC ALL OVER FRANCE.PIAF LATER SEPARATED OM HER FATHER, WHO WAS OFTEN A TEMPERAMENTAL, ABIVE TASKMASTER, AND SET OUT ON HER OWN AS A STREET SGER AND AROUND PARIS. AT 17, SHE AND A YOUNGSTER NAMED LOUIS DUPONT HAD A DGHTER, MARCELLE, WHO DIED OF MENGIS AT 2 YEARS OLD.RISE TO FAMEIN 1935, PIAF WAS DISVERED BY LOUIS LEPLéE, WHO OWNED THE SUCCSFUL CLUB LE GERNY OFF THE CHAMPS-ÉLYSé. HER NERVO ENERGY AND SMALL STATURE SPIRED THE NICKNAME THAT WOULD STAY WH HER FOR THE RT OF HER LIFE: LA MôME PIAF ("THE LTLE SPARROW"). PIAF RECEIVED GUIDANCE THE LERARY ARTS OM FRENCH POET/HISTORIAN JACQU BOURGEAT, WHILE LEPLéE RAN A MAJOR PUBLICY MPAIGN PROMOTG PIAF’S OPENG NIGHT, WHICH WAS ATTEND BY THE LIK OF MRICE CHEVALIER. SHE WAS POPULAR ENOUGH TO RERD TWO ALBUMS THAT SAME YEAR. LEPLéE WAS MURRED THE FOLLOWG SPRG. AFTER THORI VTIGATED HER AS A POTENTIAL ACPLICE TO THE CRIME, PIAF AND A NEW TEAM TOOK CHARGE OF HER REER. SHE BEGAN TO WORK WH RAYMOND ASSO, WHO ALSO BEME HER LOVER, AND ADOPTED HER STAGE NAME ÉDH PIAF PERMANENTLY. CONTUG THE TRADN OF PERFORMG CHANSONS RéALIST, SHE MISSNED SONGS THAT ROMANTICIZED HER LIFE ON THE STREETS, PASSNATELY EMPHASIZG HER NER STRENGTH. THE SGER WORKED CLOSELY WH POSER MARGUERE MONNOT DURG THIS TIME.REVERED BY LUMARI LIKE JEAN COCTE, PIAF WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PERFORMERS FRANCE DURG WORLD WAR II. HER NCERTS FOR GERMAN SERVICEMEN WERE NTROVERSIAL, ALTHOUGH WAS LATER BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKG FOR THE FRENCH RISTANCE AND HELPED JEWISH RAS PE NAZI PERSECUTN. AFTER THE WAR, HER FAME SPREAD QUICKLY. SHE TOURED EUROPE, SOUTH AMERI AND THE UNED STAT. ALTHOUGH AMERIN DIENC WERE IALLY PUT OFF BY HER DOUR MEANOR AND DARK CLOTH, PIAF GARNERED GLOWG REVIEWS AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVED ENOUGH OF AN DIENCE TO WARRANT SEVERAL TELEVISED PERFORMANC ON THE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ED SULLIVAN SHOW THROUGHOUT THE 1950S.PERSONAL LIFETHE PERSONAL LIFE OF PIAF WAS CHARACTERISTILLY DRAMATIC. SHE WAS VOLVED THREE SER R CRASH AFTER 1951, LEADG TO MORPHE AND ALHOL ADDICTNS. PIAF, LIVG THROUGH THE HURTS AND ABANDONMENTS OF HER EARLY LIFE, HAD HIGH-PROFILE ROMANC WH MANY OF HER MALE ASSOCIAT AND SOME OF THE BIGGT CELEBRI FRANCE. KNOWN FOR TENSE DALLIANC THAT FIZZLED OUT, SHE MARRIED TWICE. HER FIRST MARRIAGE TO SGER JACQU PILLS 1952 LASTED UNTIL 1957. HER 1962 MARRIAGE TO THéO SARAPO, A GREEK HAIRDRSER AND PERFORMER 20 YEARS HER JUNR WHO WAS GAY, LASTED UNTIL HER ATH THE FOLLOWG YEAR. IT WAS REVEALED POSTHUMOLY VIA LETTERS THAT PIAF HAD GREAT AFFECTN FOR GREEK ACTOR DIMRIS HORN DURG THE MID-1940S, BUT MARRIED BOXER MARCEL CERDAN, WHOM SHE MET 1947, WAS NSIRED TO BE HER EPT LOVE. THEIR TIME TOGETHER WAS CUT SHORT WHEN HE PERISHED A 1949 PLANE CRASH, WH THE SGER RERDG "L'HYMNE à L'AMOUR" THE FOLLOWG YEAR HIS HONOR.DEATH AND LEGACYPIAF REMAED PROFSNALLY ACTIVE UNTIL THE FAL YEARS OF HER LIFE, PERFORMG EQUENTLY PARIS BETWEEN 1955 AND 1962. IN 1960, THOUGH AIMG TO RETIRE, SHE HAD A RURGENCE OF SORTS WH THE RERDG OF THE CHARL DUMONT AND MICHEL VIRE TUNE "NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN," WHICH WOULD BEE HER LATTER DAY ANTHEM. IN APRIL 1963, PIAF RERD HER LAST SONG. WH AN ARRAY OF HEALTH HARDSHIPS OVER THE YEARS, ÉDH PIAF DIED OM LIVER FAILURE AT HER FRENCH RIVIERA VILLA ON OCTOBER 10, 1963. (OTHER POTENTIAL OF ATH HAVE BEEN SUGGTED AS WELL.) SHE WAS 47. THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS NIED REQUTS FOR A MASS, CG PIAF’S IRRELIG LIFTYLE, BUT HER FUNERAL PROCSN WAS NOHELS A MASSIVE UNRTAKG ATTEND BY THOANDS OF VOTE. SHE IS BURIED PèRE LACHAISE CEMETERY PARIS NEXT TO HER DGHTER MARCELLE.A LD BPIC ON PIAF WAS RELEASED 2007—LA VIE EN ROSE, WH FRENCH ACTRS MARN COTILLARD ARNTLY EMBODYG THE SGER AND EARNG AN AMY AWARD. THE KNOPF BOOK NO REGRETS: THE LIFE OF EDH PIAF, BY CAROLYN BURKE, WAS PUBLISHED 2011. PLANS TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL OF PIAF'S BIRTH 2015 CLU A 350-TRACK BOX SET TO BE RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE AND A MAJOR EXHIBN TO BE HELD AT THE BIBLTHèQUE NATNALE FRANCE. "THE MAGIC OF PIAF IS HER REPERTOIRE THAT TOUCH EVERYONE,” SAID JOëL HUTHWOHL, THE HEAD CURATOR OF THE EXHIB, AN TERVIEW WH THE GUARDIAN. “SHE SANG SIMPLE SONGS WH LOVELY MELODI THAT SPOKE TO EVERYONE AT THOSE IMPORTANT MOMENTS THEIR LIV."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
* edith piaf gay *
Her 1962 marriage to Théo Sarapo, a Greek hairdrser and performer 20 years her junr who was gay, lasted until her ath the followg year.
We mocked her as recent years there have been mours that she's gay and of urse mak a b of sense now bee she's never been lked all the s to anyone and she's always refed to discs her private life or her polil views terviews.
FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
Until nowIn this terview wh a gay TV prenter, om Le Figaro she discs her passn for the homels, her support for abortn rights (!
), and her support for gay rights (! Oh please, she got married week after week by the prs wh Yv Mouroi, the gayt of all news anchors France, the world and the Milky Way.
Do France have any openly gay ins?
FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
R6 France has many gay ins but Ameri do not know Anonymoreply 9November 13, 2021 11:11 PM. He kept a bter taste of and was never the same was a gay, extremely talented, arrogant, rich, and some people had to take him Anonymoreply 15November 13, 2021 11:35 PM.
Also, do anyone have any knowledge about the Jacqu Demy/Agn Varda marriage (on the topic of closeted gay French ins)? I've read nflictg thgs on - Demy beg bisexual and genuely tradnally love wh Varda (which is doubtful as the man died of AIDS) vers a mutual beardg arrangement vers Demy figurg out he was gay later life after marryg her. Mireille wh mored-to-be-gay host of chey German schlager shows, Florian Silbereisen.