Alain Barrière dies at 84
Le Journal de Montreal
December 19, 2019
The French singer Alain Barrière, known for successes likeMy lifeorShe was so prettyin the 60s, but also for his problems with the taxman, died at the age of 84, announced his agent, Fabien Lecoeuvre.Already a victim of several strokes in recent years, Alain Barrière suffered another before the death of his wife in early December.He died last night in Carnac (Morbihan), following a cardiac arrest, said Mr. Lecoeuvre.
The singer had to give up the scene in 2011 (he had to go to the Palais des Congrès in Paris) after two strokes.Since then, weakened, he fought against the disease.
Crushed by debts, revolted by tax reminders, the singer, depressed, declared in 1989: "I lived through hell.They screwed up my career.Either I solve the problem with the taxman or I just screw myself up ”.This Homeric battle found its epilogue in 1998.
After successive exiles in the United States and Canada, he only returned to France definitively in the 1990s, where he had attempted to revive himself.
Alain Barrière, whose real name Bellec, was born on November 18, 1935 in La Trinité-sur-Mer (Morbihan), into a family of Breton fishmongers.Engineer graduated from Arts and Crafts in 1955, he worked for one year at Kléber-Colombes, before preferring the guitar and poetry.Her career exploded in 1963, with Elle was so pretty , which represents France in the Eurovision competition.
BARRIERE, Alain (Allain Bellec)
Born: 11/18/1935, La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan, France
Died: 12/18/2019, La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan, France
Alain Barrière’s western – writer:
Saving Private Perez - 2011