French pop star and style icon Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80 ... and lost hearing in one ear as a result. In recent years, she became an advocate for euthanasia.

Almost against her will, Françoise Hardy thus became both an icon of song and fashion. "Le temps de l'amour" to music by Jacques Dutronc (who would become her husband 20 years later) in 1962 ...

In 1960, Françoise Hardy surprised her family—twice. First, she passed her baccalauréat exam with flying colors, a shock, really. Then, for her reward, she chose a guitar over a transistor radio.