PARIS, Dec. 18 -- Becaud died of lung cancer at his barge, which was docked just outside Paris, TF1 television reported. Becaud composed and interpreted some 400 songs over his half-century career -- ...
Gilbert Becaud, a French crooner who wrote songs that inspired such international stars as Frank Sinatra and Edith Piaf, died yesterday (Dec. 18) in Paris. He was 74. Charley Marouani, Becaud's… By ...