DANI. Singer, actress, model and magazine leader Dani died on the night of Monday to Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the age of 77, from “following a malaise.”
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- Singer Dani is deadon the night of Monday to Tuesday July 19, 2022, at the age of 77, following a malaise, announced his manager in a press release.
- Singer, but also actress, magazine leader or model, she had marked the 60s and 70s with her hoarse voice so recognizable and her personality.
- After his remarkable comeback in 2001 with the song like a boomerangin duo with Etienne Daho, she was always working on new projects and was soon to release a new album.
- After the announcement of his death, the tributes to Dani continue on social media.
- “You did everything with the elegance of dilettantes, surfing, off the beaten track, without letting yourself be locked up in the boxes in which they wanted to lock you up, charming your world with your mischief and your deep, sensitive voice, hidden in the wisps of smoke from your cigarettes”, writes the singer Etienne Daho in a long message posted on Instagram.
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11:49 – “Orphans of heart” following Dani’s death
“Booms and bangs, Dani lived it and made us live it, to meet her was to embark on a mad race where love was the key word. Nothing was more important to her than to create , to sing, to be surrounded by those she loves (…) Her relatives, her friends, the artists who have crossed her path, we are all orphans of heart”, can we read in the press release of the manager of the artist, announcing his death.
11:32 – Elisabeth Borne pays tribute to Dani
“Singer, actress, model, Dani was an icon of the 70s. She embodied freedom and an entire era. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones,” wrote the Prime Minister on her Twitter account, long hours following the announcement of Dani’s death.
Singer, actress, model, Dani was an icon of the 70s. She embodied freedom and an entire era. My thoughts go out to his family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/uBcEFGzf1b
— Élisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) July 19, 2022
11:27 – Anne Hidalgo’s tribute to Dani
Among the many tributes paid to the singer Dani following the announcement of her disappearance, that of Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris: “This morning our heart is wounded. Dani left us. His sulphurous voice will have engraved forever in our minds. Gainsbourg’s song, like a boomerang, in duet with Étienne Daho. All my sad thoughts are with his family.”
This morning our heart is wounded. Dani left us. His sulphurous voice will have forever engraved in our minds Gainsbourg’s song, “Comme un boomerang”, in duet with Étienne Daho. All my sad thoughts go out to his family. pic.twitter.com/tdqZfjUXae
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) July 19, 2022
11:05 – Dani’s comeback in 2001
After years away from the cameras and the stage, in 2001, Dani made a successful comeback with the legendary song like a boomerang, in duet with Etienne Daho. It was he who convinced Dani to bring out this piece, which remained in the boxes for 26 years. This song had been written for her by Serge Gainsbourg, years before. The success is total and this title will remain one of his most famous.
10:42 – The day when.. Dani should have represented France at Eurovision
In 1974, Dani was chosen to represent France at the European Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Life at twenty-five. But the event must be held on April 6, the day of national mourning for the President of the Republic Georges Pompidou: France does not send a candidate to Eurovision, Dani will not have a chance.
10:27 – Who was Dani’s family?
In 1964, the singer Dani met the photographer Benjamin Auger, who died in 2002. From their union was born a son, Julien, in 1969. The artist also adopted and raised Emmanuel, born in 1964, the first son of her spouse. The couple separated in the mid-1980s, following twenty years together.
10:09 – Dani was preparing a new album
Dani “had just finished touring his album Golden Horizons and she was already finishing the mixes for a new album, which she had mischievously chosen to call Attention departure“, is it indicated in the press release from Lambert Boudier, manager of the singer who disappeared.
09:47 – Dani’s unexpected disappearance
The disappearance of Dani, the causes of which remain confidential for the time being, is sad news that is quite unexpected, given his health which allowed him to go on stage and to project himself on new musical projects. Dani marked the 1960s and 1970s with his voice, his character, his sweetness on stage and his uniqueness.
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Singer and actress Dani died in the Tours region, where she had been living for two years, on the night of Monday to Tuesday July 19, 2022, from “following a malaise”, according to a press release sent by her manager to the AFP. An unexpected disappearance, especially since the artist was currently preparing a new album and had just completed the tour of his latest record, Golden Horizonsreleased in 2020.
In the press release from Dani’s manager, the exact circumstances of his death are not specified, a mere mention is made of “malaise”. During her life, the singer had no known illness. But she had often confided in her addictions in the media. In the 80s, at the bottom of the wave, Dani fell into heroin. She explained to Here is got out “thanks to [s]a family.” “First, they protected my children. And treated me like a sick person, not like a drug addict. When Emmanuel and Julien were teenagers, I told them everything, cash. They were surprised, but I think they were very careful regarding all that…”, she remembered.
Throughout his career, which began in the 1960s, Dani has multiplied appearances and album releases. Among his huge discography, here are the three most essential songs of the artist:
- Like a Boomerang : On November 26, 2001, Dani and Etienne Daho released the single which would become a hit for each of them: like a boomerang. Originally, this song was written by Serge Gainsbourg, for Dani to participate in Eurovision. But Antenne 2 refuses it, because of a text deemed too provocative and sexually connoted. Dani will enter the contest with another song, Paris Paradise. The song like a boomerang, blocked by rights, and forgotten, until Etienne Daho encourages Dani to bring it out of the closet. Is right.
- Dad just married the maid : In 1966, singer Dani released her very first record: Garçon tomboy. The success is with go and its popularity increases with the exit, in 1968, of the song Dad just married the maid. It is with this title that the artist will be noticed by the general public, which will make his career take off.
- Shell Shell : In the wake of the release of her latest album, Horizons Dorés, released in 2020, singer Dani unveiled the sulphurous clip of the single Shell Shell, in which appears the no less sulphurous Joey Starr. A video made by Michael Cohen, in the Parisian club Le Boeuf sur le Toit. We let you rediscover the images of the head to head of these two rockstars, cigarette in beak:
In addition to her singing career, Dani has also made a name for herself on the big screen. In 1964, she made her first film appearance in the film Round, by Roger Vadim. In 1971, we find her in the first female role of Tumuc Humacby Jean-Marie Périer, then in some gentlemen too quiet by Lautner. But it is with François Truffaut that she will break through the screen: in The American night et love on the runfilms in which she plays the same character.
The death of singer Dani is all the more unexpected as a new album was to be released soon. rightly baptized Attention departure, the artist had already almost completed the mixes of his new songs, indicates the press release from his manager. And to add, regarding this “departure” mentioned in the title of this album: “we were warned, she had just forgotten to tell us that it would be imminent.”
“In this latest album, whose songs were all written by women and the music composed by her sidekick, her artistic double, Emilie Marsh, Dani left us messages and kisses – she distributed so many – in one of these messages, as an epitaph, she sings ‘mark simply, I was right'”, is it detailed in the press release of his manager.
In 1964, the singer Dani met the photographer Benjamin Auger, who died in 2002. From their union was born a son, Julien, in 1969. The artist also adopted and raised Emmanuel, born in 1964, the first son of her spouse. The couple separated in the mid-1980s, following twenty years together.
Danièle Graule, better known as Dani, was born on October 1, 1944 in Castres, to a shoemaker father and a shoe saleswoman mother. Eldest of three siblings, she studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, began a career as a model and made a name for herself in the upper crust of Paris. She rubs shoulders with the greats of this world and meets the future father of her children, Benjamin Auger, photographer.
From the mid-1960s, Dani appeared on the big screen: she had a string of small roles and appeared in the clip for Dick Rivers, It’s all in your eyes. She released her very first album in 1966: Tomboy. The first stone of an impressive discography. Dani will release more than thirty albums, 45 and 33 rpm. In 1974, she must represent France at Eurovision, but, due to national mourning for President George Pompidou, her trip will be canceled.
The following year, she opened for Claude François during his tour. At the same time, Dani continues her career in the cinema and will play the character that will contribute to her popularity: that of Liliane, in The American night by Francois Truffaut. Dani connects the activities, opens a discotheque in Paris, then withdraws far from the scene. In 2001, she made a successful comeback with the mythical song like a boomerang, in duet with Etienne Daho. This song had been written for her by Serge Gainsbourg, years before.
After a few radio appearances or in stores, Dani publishes in 2020 the album Golden Horizons, the tour of which she was completing at the time of her death. According to her manager, she was preparing the release of another record, called Attention departure. Strange coincidence.
