CHANTAL GALIA. Singer Chantal Gallia, known for having imitated dozens of voices, died of a stroke on Sunday July 10 at the age of 65.
[Mis à jour le 12 juillet 2022 à 17h11] Chantal Gallia died on Sunday July 10. Singer and impersonator, she was 65 years old. The announcement of his disappearance was made by his family in a press release, issued the day of his death. “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Particularly famous from the beginning of the 1970s to the end of the 1990s, Chantal Gallia had withdrawn from the media sphere in the 1990s, after having a daughter, to “raise her children”, wrote on Twitter Jean-François Guyot, journalist at AFP. 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”.
No husband for Mimi, Disco Cloche… The songs of Chantal Gallia
Made popular by her many imitations of famous women like Véronique Dicaire, Liane Foly, Muriel Robin, Patricia Kaas, Sylvie Vartan or France Gall, Chantal Gallia also has several songs in her name, such as disco bell, No husband for Mimi or The memory that sings. She has also hosted several chronicles, on Antenne 2 or Europe 1.