Edith Piaf (Born Edith Gassion)
December 19, 1915 – October 10, 1963
Edith Piaf was a French singer who rose from poverty to become one of her country’s most popular performers of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. Because of her petite frame, she was called “The Little Sparrow” around the world, and has since become a cultural icon thanks to numerous recordings, biographies and at least one major motion picture about her life. After conquering France, Piaf began touring the rest of Europe and the United States in the years following World War Two. While in the U.S., she graced the stage of Carnegie Hall twice and The Ed Sullivan Show eight times. Piaf was seriously injured in a car accident in 1951, the pain from which lead to her addiction to morphine and alcohol. She died of liver cancer on October 10, 1963 at the age of 47.
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