About Éric Charden
Lived 1942 – 2012 (aged 69). Éric Charden was a French singer, singer-songwriter, writer and music executive.
Éric Charden (; born Jacques-André Puissant ; 15 October 1942 – 29 April 2012) was a French singer and songwriter, best known for his collaborations with singer Stone, with whom they formed the band Stone et Charden.
Éric Charden was born in Haiphong, French Indochina during World War II. He is from a French father (who was a port engineer in France and overseas) and a Tibetan mother. He moved to Marseille, France, in 1950 with his mother (his father returned to France in 1954) and graduated with a Baccalauréat from HEC Paris in 1960.
He alongside Annie Gautrat were both decorated with the honorable Legion of Honour on 1 January 2012 just months before his death from cancer at age 69.
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Who was Éric Charden?
French singer-songwriter (1942-2012)
When was Éric Charden born?
Éric Charden was born on 15 October 1942 in Haiphong.
When did Éric Charden die?
Éric Charden died on 29 April 2012 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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Éric Charden was a singer, singer-songwriter, writer and music executive.
What nationality was Éric Charden?
Éric Charden was French.
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