Never short of anecdotes, Amanda Lear recently spoke of her little-known relationship with Charles Aznavour, who was her neighbor in the South of France. She revealed that the singer had a surprising habit…
Amanda Lear never misses the opportunity to tell her crazy anecdotes. In the Ici radio studio, the woman whose age remains a mystery to everyone gave her news and recounted significant episodes in her life. She notably revealed that her late friend Charles Aznavour had a nasty habit when conversations started to annoy him…
Amanda Lear shares a very funny anecdote about Charles Aznavour
Amanda Lear never minces her words. The iconic singer of the hit Follow Me worked with Charles Aznavour for a long time. “I often had lunch with him“, she confided to the microphone ofHere. In the South, their paths constantly crossed: “I saw Aznavour a lot in the South because, when I had a house in the South, he was my neighbor. In fact, we both took our olives to the same mill, because I am an olive grower.“, she said.
The one who was Salvador Dalí’s muse also revealed that the singer had an annoying habit when a conversation began to annoy him. “He was very deaf and he had a hearing aid. And when the conversation bored him, he picked up his Amplifon“, she recalled with her usual frankness.
Amanda Lear opens up about this secret project: “He died before he finished…”
But Amanda Lear also wanted to reestablish certain truths concerning their artistic complicity. Charles Aznavour, who died in 2018 following a cardiac arrest, indeed had great plans for her. “He wanted to write me a musical“, revealed the French icon of the disco years. “And then he died before he finished“, she added, visibly disappointed to never see this creation that the interpreter of Bohemia.
A regret that Amanda Lear expressed bluntly, as the idea would have delighted her. “It’s a shame because I would have really liked it“, she explained. And to salute the memory of her friend, she concluded with tender admiration: “I thought he was a truly great poet.“.
