Charles Dumont: ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ Composer Was 95
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deadline.comFrench 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.
He moved to Paris after Word War Two, where he continued his music career but had to abandon the trumpet after an operation on his tonsils.
He then pivoted to the piano and composition writing. Throughout the 1950s, Dumont continued to work in music while staying financially afloat with odd jobs.
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