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Françoise Hardy, seriously ill, says she is "close to the end" and defends euthanasia

2021-06-20T20:39:13.947Z


"Given my little notoriety, no one will want to run the risk of being struck off the medical order," said the 77-year-old singer, imagining her last days.


We knew she was sick for years, almost unable to sing again, the latest news from Françoise Hardy is not worrying.

In an interview with

Femme Actuelle

, the former companion of Jacques Dutronc confided in her daily life disfigured by the tumor of the cavum which eats away at her.

With disarming sincerity, the legendary singer said she felt "

close to the end

".

Read also: Françoise Hardy and Line Renaud in favor of euthanasia

In her words, the X-rays and immunotherapies she had to undergo to treat her cancer "

had nightmarish side effects

." They "

rotten my life for two years and weaken me more and more because of the absence of saliva, the lack of irrigation of the entire ENT area, general dryness and nasal hemorrhages, respiratory distress. and other problems that follow. Thyroid dysfunction has also occurred. As for the ear, with the eardrum and the secretions of serous otitis thickened by the rays, it has

become deaf,

”she explains, claiming to take“

5 hours a day

”to prepare and eat his food,“

always the same

”.

In April, Françoise Hardy had positioned herself in favor of euthanasia during an intervention on

franceinfo

.

"When someone is incurable, it is inhumane not to shorten their suffering,"

she explained. Words that she repeats today. “

With Charcot's disease, my mother was very lucky that her doctor found her a hospital doctor who euthanized her with my collaboration when she could not go further in this horrible incurable disease. As far as I am concerned, I would like to have this chance, but given my small notoriety, no one will want to run the risk of being removed from the order of physicians even more,

”she explained.

Her son, Thomas, "

is very respectful and understanding on this level

", she affirms, while her Jacques Dutronc, to whom she remains close despite their separation, does not wish that she "

suffers in an inhuman way because of sequelae of too heavy treatment and of age

”. Finally, the former idol of the

Hi Friends

generation

has also announced that she will no longer be seen in public. It's

"definitely behind me,"

she said.

Source: lefigaro

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