This Wednesday, March 15, in the program “It starts today” broadcast on France 2 and presented by Faustine Bollaert, Marie Myriam confided in the death of her husband and the consequences that this tragic disappearance has generated.
The singer Mary Miriamwho is notably known for being the last winner, for France, of Eurovision (in 1977 with the song The Bird and the Childnote), was the guest of Faustine Bollaert this Wednesday, March 15 on France 2 in the program It starts today. She notably revealed that she had stopped singing since the death of her husband. “On stage, anyway“, she clarified, before adding that she continues however, “With pleasure“, to participate in “tv shows“, and that she still sings in the studio. In fact, she released an album a few months ago called Anthology 1977-1983proposed by the label Marianne Mélodie.
But singing on stage, she is no longer capable of it. “Because I worked with Michel. And so here it is, his absence… It’s difficult“, she explained at first with emotion, before a photo of him and his children appeared on the screen. “It’s difficult to work without him (…) We worked together for thirty-five years… I did a show after his death in January (2013, editor’s note), I cried on stage. I had a lot of trouble picking it up again because it tightens my throat and it prevents you from singing and speaking. I finished the show, I said to my son: ‘This is the last'”, she added.
I had a hard time understanding it
As a reminder, she had already spoken about this tragic disappearance, in May 2021. She had told the host of Micro Mirror on the Melody TV radio channel that everything went very quickly: “He was gone in a minute. He had a massive heart attack, he is dead. Neither the SAMU nor anyone else managed to resuscitate him.. The singer also added that she didn’t immediately realize the situation: “I had a hard time even telling myself that he was dead. I had a hard time understanding him.” Getting the news to his children was even harder: “I had even more trouble telling my children. I didn’t want to tell them over the phone, I asked them to come. What was hard for me was saying to myself: ‘ There, I will say words that will hurt my children.
Children who, since this tragedy, have grown up well. Faced with Faustine Bollaert, Marie Myriam revealed that they have not at all taken the same path as her professionally speaking, although they are still evolving in the world of showbiz: “My daughter is a sports announcer and my son is a second assistant director.“