Biography edith piaf wikipedia fr

France's greatest popular singer of the 20th century, whose tragic life made her an interpreter of the lives and loves of ordinary men and women and whose ability to perform despite near-fatal bouts of illness became legendary. Pronunciation: aye-DEETH pYOFF.

Born Edith Giovanna Gassion on December 19, 1915, in Paris, France; died at Plascassier (Alpes-Maritimes) of cirrhosis and hepatitis on October 10, 1963 (some sources erroneously cite the 11th), and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery; daughter of Louis-Alphonse Gassion (1881–1944, a contortionist) and Anette Giovanna Maillard (1895–1945, a singer under the name Line Marsa); had a year or two of schooling in Bernay (Eure); married Jacques Pills, in 1952 (divorced 1957); married Théo Sarapo, in 1962; children: (with Louis Dupont) daughter, Marcelle (1933–1935).

Cured of blindness by a purported miracle (1921); sang in the streets of Paris (1930–35); discovered by Louis Leplée (1935); questioned i