CHANTAL GALIA. Singer and impersonator, Chantal Gallia died on Sunday July 10, 2022, at the age of 65.
[Mis à jour le 11 juillet 2022 à 18h01] Impersonator with 120 voices, Chantal Gallia died on Sunday July 10 at the age of 65. “For nearly 20 years, she has forged a very strong bond with her audience, who have appreciated her talent as an imitator and singer, and have followed her in her artistic career”, write her relatives in a statement released by the family to AFP on Sunday July 10. Particularly famous in the 1970s and 1980s, Chantal Gallia, an imitator, had more than 100 voices in her repertoire.
She had retired from the media sphere in the 1990s, after having a daughter, to “raise her children”, wrote Jean-François Guyot, journalist at AFP, on Twitter. Since then, the comedian had stayed away from the spotlight. At the announcement of his death, several personalities salute the memory of Chantal Gallia.
“Chantal Gallia is gone. We made shows together 30 years ago. She had character and did not spare the young man that I was in this extract, but she had heart and talent. Very sad news”, writes for example the host Olivier Minne on Twitter. “The inimitable Chantal Gallia has joined the stars… partner of the Academy of Nine… we shared her laughter and her talent,” adds Jean-Pierre Foucault.
Chantal Gallia victim of a stroke
Impersonator Chantal Gallia has died aged just 65. In a press release issued by AFP, his family announces that the comedian with 120 voices succumbed to a stroke and evokes in this same document a “brutal death”. “We have the great sadness to announce this Sunday July 10 the brutal death of Chantal Halimi, known as Chantal Gaillia, which occurred today following a stroke”, can we read in the document, which retraces the career of the ‘humorist.
Who was Chantal Gallia?
Born in 1956 in Constantine, Algeria, Chantal Halimi made a name for herself at the end of the 1970s, thanks to her talents as an imitator. Under the pseudonym of Chantal Gallia, she could imitate “nearly 120 voices of men and women, from the world of song, politics, cinema and the media”, underlines her family. Very quickly, she made a name for herself and took part “in the tours of Joe DassinClaude François, Dalida, Pierret Bachelet, Hervé Vilard, Linda de Souza at the Olympia in 1984, before producing his own show in 1992-1993 at the Théâtre Michel de la Renaissance”.
Chantal Gallia also has several songs in her name, such as disco bell, No husband for Mimi or The memory that sings and hosted chronicles on Antenne 2 or Europe 1.