Henri Salvador

February 14, 2008 12:55 PM

Henri Salvador died yesterday, age 90. "In his 70-year career, Henri Salvador also gained popularity as a dancer, pantomime artist and TV personality. His musical range included prewar chansons, whispery bossa nova, children's favorites and rock 'n' roll." And his English wasn't bad.
posted by Lezzles (6 comments total)

This is a bit late but still :

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He died the way everyone should die : He was still living his passion at 90 years old and died while he was still healthy and energic. I will remember his laugh forever.
posted by racingjs at 2:22 PM on February 14, 2008

Not only was his English not bad, but his Italian sounds pretty good too (he's actually talking Italian in that clip).
posted by bluefrog at 2:35 PM on February 14, 2008

I am only familiar with: "Jardin d'Hiver" and "Chambre avec vue" ; I think they are wonderful songs! Other artist/song recommendations?
posted by odacrem at 2:38 PM on February 14, 2008

Odacrem, I like Clopin-Clopant too.
posted by Lezzles at 2:56 PM on February 14, 2008

He's not dead, this man will never die!
posted by zouhair at 3:25 PM on February 14, 2008

Odacrem: Syracuse. This was recorded in public 2 years ago, and his voice was no longer so velvety, but it's still a great song.
posted by elgilito at 3:30 PM on February 14, 2008