French singer Francoise Hardy died at the age of 80 on Tuesday (June 11), his son Thomas Dutronc confirmed. She was married to fellow French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc since 1981.

"Mum is gone," her son, Thomas Dutronc, who is also a musician, wrote on social media. Hardy burst on to the music scene in 1962 and became a cultural icon who inspired the likes of Mick Jagger ...