Yeah, I'm not quite sure what Tom was on about there,
Mireille Mathieu is also still alive, as is Juliette Greco. Vanessa Paradis is still going strong and there's that one who's always getting her kit off - Mylene Farmer.
And I really like Christine and the Queens right now (mais elle chante...
For a long time, the only thing I knew about him was the bloody awful 'She'. But I've listened to a bit more of his stuff since then and he was far more interesting than that song suggested and wrote some excellent songs. Still, 94 is a pretty good innings and was still performing till the end...