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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charles_aznavour.jpg]]
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3	Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, better known as [[StageNames Charles Aznavour]] (May 22th, 1924 – October 1st, 2018), was a French-UsefulNotes/{{Armenia}}n [[SingerSongwriter singer, songwriter]], composer, actor and activist. He was born in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} within the Armenian diaspora that fled the [[UsefulNotes/TheArmenianGenocide genocide]] in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], and was granted Armenian citizenship in 2008.
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5	He was a major figure of French {{Chanson}}, recording about 1300 songs in eight languages (including Armenian) over a career spanning 72 years. He wrote and co-wrote about 1000 songs for himself and for other prominent singers, including Music/EdithPiaf. [[note]]He actually was Piaf's factotum for about eight years when he was young, without Piaf ever encouraging his burgeoning career. She did not believe in him unlike other young talents she supported such as Georges Moustaki or Creator/YvesMontand, [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail but it didn't prevent him from rising to stardom]], even outclassing either Moustaki or Montand in popularity and iconic status in music.[[/note]]
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7	His most famous hit songs include "La Bohème", "Hier encore"[[note]]Known to English language audiences as "Yesterday, When I was Young"[[/note]], "Emmenez-moi"[[note]]"Take Me Along"[[/note]], "Non je n'ai rien oublié"[[note]]"No, I Could Never Forget"[[/note]], "For Me Formidable", "She"... American music critic Stephen Holden called him "the divinity of French Pop music".
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9	Aznavour also built himself a sizeable acting portofolio in about 80 movie and TV productions, which included Creator/JeanCocteau's ''Film/TheTestamentOfOrpheus'', Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Film/ShootThePianoPlayer'', Denys de La Patellière's ''Film/UnTaxiPourTobrouk'', the 1974 film version of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'', Volker Schlöndorff's ''Literature/TheTinDrum'' and Creator/AtomEgoyan's ''Film/{{Ararat}}''. He also had a cameo AsHimself in ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'' and was the French voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''.
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11	!!Tropes & Trivia about his career:
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13	* AuthorAvatar: The song "Je m'voyais déjà" ("I already fancied myself [on top of the poster]") is about a singer who struggles to find success. Just like Aznavour's early career in a nutshell.
14	* {{Pun}}: "For Me, Formidable".
15	* StarvingArtist: "La Bohème" which is about an old man reminiscing with nostalgia his youth as a poor artist.

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