Édith Piaf

AKA:
The Little Sparrow
Birth Name:
Édith Giovanna Gassion
Birth Date:
December 19, 1915
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Death Date:
October 10, 1963
Place of Death:
Plascassier, Grasse, France
Age:
47
Cause of Death:
Ruptured aneurysm due to liver failure
Cemetery Name:
Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Claim to Fame:
Music
The most popular singer in France in the 1950s, Edith Piaf gained international recognition through her emotional songs of doom and tragic love. Unlike her contemporaries Charles Aznavour and Maurice Chevalier, Piaf achieved stardom through her French recordings and not the English translation of her hits. Like her songs, she died tragically young from drug and alcohol dependency after the loss of her true love in a plane crash.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

16 Rue du Repos

Paris, , 75020

France

Europe

Map:

Grave Location:

Division 97

Grave Location Description

Edith Piaf’s can be found in Division 97, four rows off the intersection of Avenue Transversale Number 3 and Avenue Pacthod.

Grave Location GPS

48.8598226, 2.3938580

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Videos Featuring Édith Piaf:
Edith Piaf - La vie en rose
Edith Piaf - Milord
Edith Piaf - Mon manège à moi
Interview with Edith Piaf in her home
Edith Piaf Weds Theo Sarapo (1962)
Edith Piaf's Funeral (1963) - La Mort et des Obsèques d'Édith Piaf

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