“Mom is gone,” wrote Dutronc under a photo of himself as a baby cradled by Hardy.
Sympathies poured in on social networks.
“How do I say goodbye? The eternal Françoise Hardy, legend of French song, who entered, through her sensitivity and her melodies, into the heart of an entire country,” French culture minister Rachida Dati posted on her official account on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I send my warmest thoughts to her son Thomas Dutronc, his family and those close to him.”
French prime minister Gabriel Attal also took to X.
“French icon, a singular voice with fierce tranquility, Françoise Hardy will have rocked generations of French people for whom she will remain anchored in moments of life. For me, she’s my whole childhood,” he wrote.
Former First lady of France Carla Bruni replied on Dutronc’s post: “Hello sadness. Rest in peace…”
Hardy’s first song, the self-penned and composed 1962 hit “Tous les garçons et les filles” (“All the Girls and Boys”) lamented her lack of love, and instantly cemented her star status.
Françoise Hardy wearing Paco Rabanne in 1968.
At just 18, she quickly became
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