YEREVAN, OCTOBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Italian singer Andrea Bocelli has expressed condolences on the death of Charles Aznavour.

Aznavour, the French-Armenian legendary crooner and National Hero of Armenia, died October 1 at the age of 94.

“Charles, you have always amazed us with your art and brilliant irony. Just a few days ago on my birthday you told me: “60 years old, you are so young Andrea! I was once 60 too… but that was 30, actually 34 years ago. I hope to see you soon!”. The truth is that you were the youngest of us all and despite a career that spanned almost a century, you were always ready to perform in concert, anywhere, anytime. My fondness and respect for you will never diminish and your passion for this job will always lead by example for me: “If you want to be loved by the audience, you must love the audience”, this is what you used to say, and indeed, you undoubtedly infused this art with an incredible amount of love,” Bocelli said on Facebook.

Numerous artists, singers, politicians and public figures have expressed condolences over the death of Charles Aznavour.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan