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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 is the portrait of a manic control freak with OCD, a man so jealous he would lock his first wife in their grotty apartment while he went out on the town; so eaten up with envy when his then companion, France Gall, won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg with the Serge Gainsbourg song Poupée de cire, poupée de son, that when ...
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”.
Jun 22, 2012 · 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.
Cloclo is the tragic destiny of an iconic French pop star who died at the age of 39 and who continues to fascinate more than thirty years after his death. Adored star and businessman, stage beast and marketing pro before his time, as well as a family man and ladies’ man…
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Aug 16, 2016 · Claude François, known affectionately as Cloclo, was a very popular artist in the French speaking world (and beyond) from the late 50’s through his tragic death in 1978 at the age of just 39 years old. During his all-to-brief life, he sold over 70 million albums.