Renowned French singer, France Gall who shot to fame in the 1960s with a series of hits and a sexually evocative song about lollipops written by Serge Gainsbourg, died Sunday aged 70, her spokeswoman announced.
Gall who became a celebrity in 1965 when she won the Eurovision song competition as a strikingly blonde and slightly awkward teenager, had been battling cancer for two years and died in a hospital west of Paris.
Tributes poured in on Sunday for Gall, firstly named Isabelle and born to a successful musician father, while radio and television channels aired special commemoration shows.
“She leaves behind songs known by every French person and the example of a life that was oriented towards others, those that she loved and those that she helped.”
