(FILES) French singer Francoise Hardy poses at her home in Calvi on August 12, 1977. French singer Francoise Hardy, has died at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on June 11, 2024 on his social networks. Singer, actress and songwriter, mainly known for her melancholic sentimental ballads, Françoise Hardy made her musical debut in the early 1960s and found immediate success with the song "Tous les garçons et les filles". In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian and German. Her career spanned more than fifty years and almost 30 studio albums. One of the best-selling singers in French history, she is regarded as an iconic and influential figure in both French pop and fashion. (Photo by AFP) BY Clare BYRNE via AFP June 12, 2024 French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son Thomas Dutronc, Hardy’s son with another F...