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Why was Edith piaf called Edith?
She was named after a British nurse named Edith Cavell who helped 200 Allies escape from the Germans. This is interesting considering that Piaf herself saved many lives of French P.O.W.s.
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Who was Edith Piaf?
A famous French chanteuse, or singer.Edith Giovanna Gassion was born on 19 December 1915. Abandoned by her mother, she was placed by her traveling-showman father in the care of the madam of a cheap...
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Was Edith Piaf 4'8?
Yes, one half inch shy of Standard Gauge on the railroad!
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What did Edith Piaf die of?
Piaf died of liver cancer at the age of 47 at Plascassier, on the French Riviera, on 11 October 1963.
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Did Edith Piaf believe in god?
A very interesting question! One of her songs seemed to poke a sort of sad fun at religion- this being the Three Bells or (Trois Cloches). The song is in a sense a biography of a man who is, so to...