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Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elyses

uro;e.assi' studied at the ?'ter'atio'a& 8choo& of #e'e+a a'd the ?'stitut 6e

osey i' 8wit@er&a'd, a'd graduated i' #re'ob&e. assi' mo+ed bac to theA'ited 8tates where he atte'ded the A'i+ersity of :ichiga' i' !'' !rbor,:ichiga' from 1-5B to 1-C3, wi''i'g a' u'dergraduate 7o;wood !ward forfictio' i' 1-5 a'd ear'i'g a ache&or of !rts i' 1-C1 a'd a :aster of !rts i'1-C3, both i' !'thro;o&ogy.

Career:o+i'g to ra'ce, assi' wored as a tech'icia' for his father a'd

a;;eared as a' actor i' su;;orti'g ro&es i' a 'umber of mo+ies directed by his

father, i'c&udi'g Do;a;i where he ;&ayed the ro&e of "$osef".E' ecember 2C, 1-C4, assi' sig'ed u; with 8 ecords, mai'g himthe first re'ch si'ger to sig' u; with a' !merica' record &abe&.

y the ear&y 1-B0s, assi'Fs so'gs were o' the to; of the charts i' ra'cea'd he had become imme'se&y ;o;u&ar i' that cou'try. 7e was a&so a ta&e'ted;o&yg&ot, recordi'g so'gs i' #erma', 8;a'ish, ?ta&ia' a'd #ree, as we&& asre'ch a'd >'g&ish. E'e of his most ;o;u&ar so'gs was "6FGt i'die'".

Perso'a& &ifeassi' married :aryse )whose rea& first 'ame is +ette :assira i' Paris

o' $a'uary 1, 1-CC.Dheir so' $oshua was bor' 2 1/2 mo'ths ear&y o' 8e;tember 12, 1-B3

a'd died 5 days &ater.E+ercome by grief, $oe became dee;&y de;ressed.es;ite a&& their efforts their marriage did 'ot sur+i+e.E'e year after their mo+e to their 'ew&y bui&t home i' euchero&&es, Hust

outside Paris, they di+orced i' 1-BB.On January 14, 1978, Dassin marrie Chris!ine Delau# in Co!i$na%.Dheir first so' $o'atha' was bor' o' 8e;tember 14, 1-B, a'd their

seco'd so' $u&ie' arri+ed o' :arch 22, 1-0.

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hristi'e died i' ecember 1--5.assi' died of a heart attac duri'g a +acatio' to Dahiti o' !ugust 20,

1-0.7e is sur+i+ed by his two so's, both &i+i'g i' ra'ce, as we&& as his two

you'ger sisters, iche&&e )b. 1-40 a'd $u&ie )b. 1-45 a'd his ;are'ts $u&es

assi' )1-11200 a'd atrice 6au'er )1-132005.7is body is i'terred i' the eth E&am sectio' of 7o&&ywood ore+eremetery i' 7o&&ywood, a&ifor'ia.

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?& suffisait de te ;ar&er, ;our tFa;;ri+oiser

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Lui +i+e't &a guitare J &a mai', du soir au mati'"!&ors He tFai accom;ag'e, o' a cha't, o' a da's

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