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Dalida

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Birth Date:
17.01.1933
Death date:
03.05.1987
Person's maiden name:
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti
Extra names:
Yolanda Gigliotti
Categories:
Actor, Model, Singer
Nationality:
 italian
Cemetery:
Paris, Cimetière de Montmartre

 

Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti.

 

Dalida cimetière Montmartre Paris juin 2010

 

 

She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish.

 

Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world. A 30-year career (she debuted in 1956 and recorded her last album in 1986, a few months before her death) and a tragic death led to an iconic image as a combined Madonna, diva, tragic and renowned singer.

 

On 3 May 1987 Dalida died as a result of an overdose of barbiturates, leaving a suicide note "La vie m'est insupportable... Pardonnez-moi" which reads "Life has become unbearable for me... Forgive me."

Dalida was buried in the famous Montmartre Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montmartre), Paris, and a life-size statue of her was erected outside her tomb.

 

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