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© Henri Salvador
Composer of "Dis rien"
Henri Salvador died at the age of 90
Born in French Guyana in 1917, Henri Salvador was an artist of many talents : comedian, jazz man, guitar player and singer. He gained a lot of success with songs he composed himself, such as Une chanson douce, Le loup, la biche et le chevalier or Syracuse, a classic, which was recorded by hundreds of artists, including Viktor Lazlo.
Salvador was also associated with international hit The lion sleeps tonight, which he adapted in French and German. Eight years ago, in 2000, Henri Salvador was back in the business with an album penned by rising names of the French chanson, Benjamin Biolay and Keren Ann. The result was a enormous success. Salvador gave his "farewell" concert last December at the Palais des Congrès, in Paris.
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Rest in peace!!!
"Today"... not exactly. The news was published on 14, but written 4 hours after the announcement of the death, on 13.
"announced round noon today"??
Not here in the UK! This was on BBC 2's Newsnight programme at 23:15 last night (Wed 13th). They ended the programme with some clips of him performing.
R.I.P 
I like the but about Lion sleeps tonight! 
round noon yesterday you meant, Dominique?
Anyway, Henri Salvador was a great singer. A big loss, even if he lived for 90 years ! Rest in peace, dearest Henri.
All my respect to Henri Salvador, people in France and his fans all over the world.
How many artists are making concerts, tours etc at the age of 90???
He made wonderful music. R.I.P.
My deepest condelences to his family and the people of France and Monaco.
R.I.P.
Very sad news. I big legend is gone, allthough he was quite old, he had a long life!
I hear his music everytime I'm in Paris, so great and peaceful.
His "Chambre Avec Vue" is just fantastic. Watch it hear:
url=http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=tKybgXkiy_U]http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=tKybgXkiy_U/url]
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