The Sun (England)
October 6, 2018 Saturday
Macron bids fond adieu to Charles
by BRIAN LOVE
FRANCE yesterday bid a fond farewell to Charles Aznavour in a tribute that reflected the late singer's status as a national icon at home as well as in the country of his roots, Armenia.
Pallbearers carried his coffin into Les Invalides military museum in Paris – where Napoleon is buried – to the sound of haunting music played from a duduk, an oboelike native Armenian wind instrument.
The legendary singersongwriter passed away during the week aged 94.
Standing before the coffin draped in the national tricolour, President Emmanuel Macron told mourners: "In France, poets never die.
"Armenians of all countries today, I am thinking of you.
"He was supposed to be one of us next week in (a visit to) Yerevan, (Armenia) his absence will leave a giant void."