He was the frontman of the French rock group Poni Hoax, associated in recent years with Arielle Dombasle.
The singer and musician Nicolas Ker is deceased, we learned Monday from the press service of his label.
He was 50 years old.
The cause of death was not specified.
He was known to have led a rock'n'roll life of excess, as seen in Poni Hoax's crazy touring documentary, "Drunk In The House Of Lords."
“Nicolas was the last of the rockers with the golden voice.
He was the very figure of the rocker with a torn heart, of the incandescent poet, he had a Dionysian grace, a rare fine and beautiful being, we mourn him, ”reacted Arielle Dombasle.
The two artists had released in June 2020 their disc "Empire", their second album, as well as a film.
“Their behavior is not related to the media canons.
But they share a lot of things.
Nicolas has this punk side, but also this cultured, learned side ”, had depicted the journalist Matthieu Culleron, author of the documentary“ Drunk In The House Of Lords ”.
Born in Cambodia, in Phnom Penh, of a French father and a Cambodian mother, this dandy of the French underground had settled in Paris, where he died. Ker had also composed film scores for Bernard-Henri Lévy, Arielle Dombasle's companion.