Serge Gainsbourg

AKA:

"L'homme à tête de chou" (Cabbage-Head Man)

Birth Name:

Lucien Ginsburg

Birth Date:

April 2, 1928

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Death Date:

March 2, 1991

Place of Death:

5 bis rue de Verneuil, Paris France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart attack

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière du Montparnasse

Claim to Fame:

Music

Serge Gainsbourg was a French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor. Regarded as the most important figure in French pop whilst alive, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused uproar in France, dividing its public opinion, as well as his diverse artistic output, which ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. During his lifetime Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by a range of artists.

In The End …

Serge Gainsbourg was an unattractive man who loved some of the world’s most beautiful women, a shy man who spent most of his life in the spotlight – and a prankster who knew exactly how to outrage the public. When Serge Gainsbourg died in his bedroom on March 2 1991, a month short of his 63rd birthday, France went into mourning. Brigitte Bardot, who had been his lover, gave a eulogy; President Mitterrand, who wasn’t, gave him one too. He was “our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire”, said the head of state. “He elevated song to the level of art.” Flags were flown at half-mast – a less fitting symbol for the priapic pop genius than the bottles of whisky and Pastis and packets of Gitanes cigarettes left as tributes by the crowds who descended on the police barricades erected around his home on the Rue de Vernueil.

Forget the Louve … one of Paris’s most famed addresses—the Left Bank home of songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and his lover, actress and singer Jane Birkin, who died in 2023—is now open to the public as a house museum, Maison Gainsbourg. The couple shared the house at 5 bis rue de Verneuil from 1969 (the same year they recorded their infamous song Je t’aime… moi non plus), until their split in 1980. Gainsbourg would live in the home until his death in 1991.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Montparnasse

3 Bd Edgar Quinet

Paris, , 75014

France

Europe

Map:

Cimetiere du Montparnasse in Paris, France

Grave Location:

Division 1, Avenue Transversale (on the street)

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery walk straight ahead to the center of the cemetery on Avenue Principale. Turn left at the end of the road and look for a sign indicating “Avenue Transversale – Division 1). Turn left on this road and walk 6 tombs on your right for the legendary French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.

Grave Location GPS

48.83808434747733, 2.3265207349642094

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FAQ's

Serge Gainsbourg was born on April 2, 1928.

Serge Gainsbourg was born in Paris, France.

Serge Gainsbourg died on March 2, 1991.

Serge Gainsbourg died in 5 bis rue de Verneuil, Paris France.

Serge Gainsbourg was 62.

The cause of death was Heart attack.

Serge Gainsbourg's grave is in Cimetière du Montparnasse

Videos Featuring Serge Gainsbourg:

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'aime... moi non plus

Watch YouTube video titled Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg | The Story of

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg | The Story of "Je t'aime moi non plus"

Jane Birkin talks about her breakup with Gainsbourg

Gainsbourg and Houston - English Subtitles

Serge Gainsbourg Brigitte Bardot Bonnie Clyde

Watch YouTube video titled In 1974, Serge Gainsbourg in an interview

Serge Gainsbourg