Deceased at the age of 24 - too young, yet older than had been predicted of him. Yes, 20 months after his birth, he had been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, whose main symptom is difficult breathing. How ironic - and tragic - then, that he went on to enter the French music contest Star Academy 21 years later..and won.
Can you imagine? Being told that singing could be detrimental to your health, but still, decide to enter the contest and embark on a pursuit of a singing career? How brave, determined, and in love with singing you'd need to be. And the day your debut album got platinum-certified - what a gratifying, overjoying day, when you can finally be righteous in the knowledge that you've beaten your body to victory. But your days are counted.
I leave you with one of his performances from the show. This is 'S.O.S. d'un Terrien en Detresse' (effectively 'SOS from an Earthling in Distress'), originally by Daniel Balavoine. If you saw how much I bawled when listening to this song the days after his death... god you'd be disgusted.
And those, my friend, were the vocals of a cystic fibrosis sufferer for you.
R.I.P. Grégory Lemarchal 13.05.1983 - 30.04.2007
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