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Charles Dumont Dies: ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ Composer Was 95
French singer-writer-composer Charles Dumont, best known for co-writing Édith Piaf classic Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95
French singer-writer-composer Charles Dumont, who is best known for co-writing Édith Piaf classic Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95 after a long illness. Dumont, who was born in the French city of Cahors in 1929, developed an early passion for jazz and trained first to be a trumpet player at the Toulouse Music Conservatory. According to Dumont’s own account, Piaf iconic connection to Non, Je Regrette Rien nearly did not happen after the singing star, unimpressed by his and Vaucaire’s compositions, refused their requests for a meeting.
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