French pop star and style icon Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on Instagram. "Mom is gone," wrote Dutronc under a photo of himself as a baby cradled by ...

In 1960, Françoise Hardy surprised her family—twice. First, she passed her baccalauréat exam with flying colors, a shock, really. Then, for her reward, she chose a guitar over a transistor radio.

Alongside a touching photo of himself as a baby with his mother, he wrote, ‘Maman est partie’ alongside many heart emoji, which translates to ‘Mom is gone.’ The exact cause of Hardy’s ...