The yéyé singer known for his song Les neiges du Kilimandjaro died at the age of 80, we learned on Thursday, July 25. Pascal Danel’s son clarified the circumstances of the artist’s death.
He was known for singing The snows of Kilimanjaro. Singer Pascal Danel has died at the age of 80, his entourage told AFP on Thursday, July 25. The artist, a figure of the yéyé period, “died last night in hospital,” his agent Christian Jaune told the news agency. Pascal Danel “was operated on and suffered a heart attack,” added the singer’s son, Jean-Pierre Danel.
The octogenarian who rose to fame in the 1960s had become very discreet in recent years, but continued to perform on stage at charity events until about ten years ago. He had given his voice to the 70th anniversary concert of the Petits Frères des Pauvres in 2016.
It was in 1966 that Pascal Danel found success with his songs The beach for romantics Then The snows of Kilimanjaro, which will remain his biggest hit. This title has sold more than 25 million copies and has been adapted into six languages. Inspired by a short story by Hemingway, the song appeared in the eponymous film by Robert Guédiguian released in 2011, more than forty years after the success of Pascal Danel’s song.
Pascal Danel’s songs, many of which were arranged by Laurent Voulzy in the late 1960s, allowed the singer-guitarist to tour several times and perform on stage at the Olympia. After this success, the artist gave up the microphone to turn to television and produced shows in the 1980s: Cadence 3 And Macadam on France 3. But he also returned to the stage during the tour Tender age which brought together the stars of the song from the 1960s to the 1980s. He continued to make appearances on stage but also on television after the 2000s and participated in the show The Greats of Laughter in 2009.