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French Music: Edith Piaf

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Edith Piaf, by name of Edith Giovanna Gassion, (born December 19, 1915, Paris, France—died October 10, 1963, Plascassier, near Grasse

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Edith Piaf is almost universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Still revered as an icon decades after her death, "the Sparrow" served as a touchstone for virtually every chansonnier, male or female, who followed her.

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This French drama explores the often troubled life of Edith Piaf as her fame took her from the City of Light to America to the south of France. (France)

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French singer Édith Piaf, also known as “The Little Sparrow,” was one of the most iconic performers of her native country.