- Birthday
- 1947-11-28
- Deathday
- 1992-08-02
- Place of Birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Michel Berger
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Michel Berger (born Michel Jean Hamburger; 28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992) was a French singer and songwriter. He was a leading figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer and a songwriter for such artists as his wife France Gall, Françoise Hardy and Johnny Hallyday. He died of a heart attack at the age of 44. Berger was born as Michel Jean Hamburger on 28 November 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of Jewish parents, Dr. Jean Hamburger and Annette Haas, a concert pianist of Swiss-Jewish origin. Berger first became known to the French public in the 1960s as singer of hit...
