French Singer And Songwriter, Charles Aznavour Dies At 94

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French Singer and songwriter, Charles Aznavour is dead.

Aznavour who was best known for his 1974 hit ‘She’ and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017 died at the age of 94.

BBC reports that the singer who had a music career lasting over 80 years was born in Paris in 1924 to Armenian parents who fled the country’s genocide to begin a new life in the French capital.

Charles Aznavour

Aznavour’s lyrics drew on his own experiences of growing up in deprivation as an immigrant. Before his demise, he had recorded more than 1,200 songs in seven different languages and performed in 94 countries.