Herve Vilard

René Villard, whose real name is, was successful at the release of his title Capri, it’s over . A true French figure of the yéyé era following his meteoric rise, the 71-year-old singer-songwriter undertook his last tour last year and thus put an end to his successful career in 2019.

Fatherless and kidnapped from his mother at the age of six, Hervé Vilard (his stage name) that he was will have had difficulty living the celebrity even if it is thanks to her and the media that he will be able to find his mother and live with her, the last four years of his life until 1981. He is also the first French star to reveal his homosexuality to the world, in 1967.

Evelyne Leclercq