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Apr 8, 2012 · In France, however, he’s been part of pop-cultural furniture since the mid-Sixties and has remained so since his death in 1978. He’s even more ubiquitous right now due to a biopic, DVD box set and TV specials dedicated to the constantly dancing dynamo known as “Cloclo”.
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Claude Antoine Marie François (French pronunciation: [klod ɑ̃twan maʁi fʁɑ̃swa]; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.
Mar 11, 2008 · Three decades after his death, why does CloClo remain such an iconic figure in France? Did he really die while trying to change a light bulb?
Mar 11, 2012 · CLOCLO: ME AND CLAUDE FRANÇOIS. Posted on Mar 11, 2012. When I moved to France in 2001, it quickly became apparent that I would have to brush up on my références culturelles, or remain forever a social outcast.
Mar 23, 2012 · After one week on show across the country, the film has already crossed the one-million mark for the number of viewers, proving that the allure of Claude François (or “Cloclo” as he was affectionately known) is still strong 34 years after his death.
Jun 22, 2012 · He actually is the blonde dynamo. As Janet Woollacot, the British dancer who was François' first wife and stolen by smooth-chops chanteur Gilbert Bécaud, Maud Jaurz plays it like Jane Birkin, staking a claim to the prototype of the Brit-girl abroad in France.
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Clotilde “Cloclo” Peploe raised her daughter and son, Clare and Mark, in London’s Belgravia while painting canvases of the cypress-filled coastline of the Cyclades islands. Both children became influential contributors to films by Michelangelo Antonioni and by Clare’s husband, Bernardo Bertolucci.
