"I'm devastated, I haven't slept all night. I lost my heart dad. “On the phone, Cindy Sander is struggling to contain her emotion. The singer mourns the sudden disappearance of Manfred Thierry Mugler, who died of "natural death" the day before at the age of 73. “You will forever be my star,” she wrote on her Instagram account on Sunday evening, sharing a photo. "It's unimaginable to lose him," she sighs. He was traveling a lot lately, in Berlin, Paris, Miami, he had ideas all the time. He has always been in great shape, we had spoken on his birthday on December 21 and then during the holidays. We still had lots of projects together. »
Appearing in 2008 in the telecrochet "Nouvelle Star", celebrated but also mocked for her song "Papillon de lumière", Cindy Sander had caught the eye of the couturier.
Manfred Thierry Mugler had entrusted him from 2014 to 2016 with the leading role in "The Wyld", a musical comedy that he had created and staged in Berlin, where he lived when he was not in Paris or on business trips. 'business.
A big success, 500 performances in front of 800,000 spectators.
He also produced a six-track mini-album for him in 2017, for which we interviewed them.
“I think she is the joyful, sincere, natural, light, healthy singer that France needs, enthused the creator.
I like voices and personalities.
Cindy has both.
She proved it to me for two years.
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“He transformed me, he Muglerized me”
“I have no words to thank him, I owe him so much.
He changed my life, says the 43-year-old interpreter today.
He made me beautiful both inside and out, he gave me back my self-confidence.
When all the doors closed, Manfred was the only one, forgive me that term, who had the balls to believe in me and give me a chance.
When I first met him, I was a little country girl, chubby, my teeth weren't super nice, neither was my skin... He spent a lot of money on me, offered the best coaches.
He transformed me, he Muglerized me.
He set me apart, as he was apart.
He was a visionary and knew how to beautify women.
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When we met in 2017, we were surprised to hear them address each other. “It was for the respect of the work, but we were very close, very accomplices, explains the artist. He always called me
my big girl
, we confided in each other a lot. Like me, he had a passion for life, a courage in adversity. He always told me
I'm a superhero
. He had no children or grandchildren, he was very close to Enzo, my son. Even when we lived in Berlin during the show, he was very careful that he didn't suffer from it. We were part of his life and he was part of mine. I always apply his advice to the letter, I play sports every day, I take care of myself. »
The daily life without Manfred, Cindy finds it hard to imagine.
"Now that he's gone, I feel like everything stops for me," she blurts out before her voice breaks.
A long silence.
“We had a project together at the start of the health crisis, we were preparing great things.
He was always very proud of me.
He was very smart.
He made me pass for a Quebec singer by having French producers listen to my songs to prove to them that they just had preconceptions about my name and my image.
He wanted us to come back in force in France.
I would have liked to complete this loop with him so much…”
