Her first marriage to singer Jacques Pills in lasted until It was revealed posthumously via letters that Piaf had great affection for Greek actor Dimitris Horn during the mids, but married boxer Marcel Cerdan, whom she met in , was considered to be her deepest love.
Piaf remained professionally active until the final years of her life, performing frequently in Paris between and In , though aiming to retire, she had a resurgence of sorts with the recording of the Charles Dumont and Michel Vaucaire tune "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien," which would become her latter day anthem. In April , Piaf recorded her last song.
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It cost me one and a half million francs for the central heating … so I sold it for next to nothing and later on, when I was ill, I had no money left to pay for my hospital bill. She took many lovers, including world heavyweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan , with whom she had a very public relationship with despite him having a wife and children.
Piaf took to the stage that night after hearing the news and collapsed twice mid-chanson, and had to be helped off stage. She always maintained that Cerdan was her one true love. She popularised the French language overseas with titles like Je ne regrette rien and La vie en rose passing into English as phrases. Je peux mourir aussi. In , Piaf was discovered by a nightclub owner, who asked her to sing in his club. He gave her the nickname Little Sparrow because she was so small.
She was an instant success and began to mix with the rich and famous of Paris. Piaf became famous worldwide after the war. However, her personal life hit many low points.
Her lover died in a plane crash in and in the s she had three near-fatal car crashes and became addicted to morphine and alcohol. In , she recorded her famous song "Non, je ne regrette rien". It was one of the last songs she sang. Mail this lesson to friends and teachers. Click the below. He gave her. She was an instant success and began to mix with the rich and.
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