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Gall passed away on Sunday after a two-year
struggle against cancer, French media reported.
The news prompted tributes including from President Emmanuel
Macron, who said on his Twitter account that "she leaves behind
songs that are familiar to all French people and the example of
a life devoted to others."
Gall, whose father penned songs for French greats Edith Piaf and
Charles Aznavour, rose to fame as a teenager with help from
legendary singer and songwriter Gainsbourg.
They collaborated for the hit "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" --
generally translated as "Wax doll, rag doll" -- which won the
Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg in 1965.
Their relationship soured, however, after another hit, "Les
Sucettes" ("Lollipops"), embarrassed the young Gall as she
failed to grasp the sexual references in the lyrics of the
notoriously provocative Gainsbourg.
Gall revived her career in the 1970s with Michel Berger, another
influential French songwriter whom she later married and with
whom she had two children.
In addition to a string of chart successes into the 1980s, she
also took a turn on stage in the hit French-Canadian musical
Starmania.
She halted her career in the 1990s following the deaths of
Berger and her daughter Pauline.
Gall is the second French 1960s icon to have died in the past
two months, following the death of rock singer Johnny Hallyday,
dubbed "the French Elvis", in early December.
(This version of the story corrects paragraph five to show Gall
won the Eurovision representing Luxembourg, not France)
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz and Yann Le Guernigou; Editing by
Jeremy Gaunt)
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