PARIS — Legendary singer and songwriter Charles Trenet, whose fanciful ballads and poetic love songs captured the hearts of the French for more than six decades, has died of a stroke. He was 87.

French singer whose 'La Mer' was recorded 4,000 times, and who faced accusations of collaboration and orgies CHARLES TRENET, the singer and songwriter who has died aged 87, maintained for more than 60 ...

Trenet died on Sunday in hospital at Creteil near Paris, following a second stroke. He had been in hospital since suffering his first attack last week. Although best known for the haunting melody of ...

Feuille morte. In 1940 this was turned into chanson by Charles Trenet, himself no mean poet. Whether his sung version led to the opening lines being used as a signal to the French Resistance before ...

Charles Trenet, celebrated for six decades in France as composer and singer, has died aged 87 in a Paris hospital as a result… Charles Trenet, celebrated for six decades in France as composer and ...

The French singer and songwriter Charles Trenet has died at the age of 87. He wrote nearly a thousand songs -- including the haunting classic "La Mer". A poet, painter, novelist and film star, Charles ...