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00:00 Born on November 5, 1938 in Brooklyn, Joe Dassin would have celebrated his 85th birthday in 2023.
00:16 During his life, the singer had experienced a very hard test to live for a father, namely the death of his son born prematurely.
00:28 A drama that his first wife, Maryse Grimaldi, told our telestar brothers.
00:37 While he was making love with his first wife Maryse Grimaldi, Joe Dassin experienced the worst test that a parent can know, the loss of a child.
00:49 Trained in a frantic rhythm because of his professional career, the singer lived at 100 at the time and took a long time to want to be a dad.
01:00 His first wife also aborted several times to be able to continue to follow him in his many tours, according to the book Joe Dassin, Last Secret.
01:12 But in 1973, the couple decided to have their first child. On September 12 of this year, Maryse Grimaldi gives birth to a little boy whom he decides to call Joshua.
01:27 Born prematurely, the boy died 5 days later. A tragedy for the parents who were waiting for this baby with great impatience.
01:38 A terrible test for the singer and his wife who decide to separate only 4 days after the death of their son.
01:48 Interviewed by Télestar years later in 2014, Maryse Grimaldi had mentioned this tragedy but had revealed that it was not the cause of their divorce.
02:00 "It was traumatic. Everything was fine, for the first time, life was refusing us something.
02:09 This loss has nothing to do with the breakup of our couple which dissolved in 1976, before we divorced in 1977.
02:22 But separation is part of a couple's life. There was a time when Joe wanted something else.
02:31 Siesty very human, she had entrusted with emotion. She had also come back on their love affair in 1963 at a party dressed up at Eddie Barclay.
02:45 She explained, "What struck me Siesty that he was bearded, which was rare, at the time, for a 25-year-old boy.
02:56 In the middle of 2000 people, I flashed on him especially since he was disguised as a pirate and wore a makeup made by a professional who had worked on his father's film, Topkapi.
03:10 What is crazy, Siesty that he also had noticed me and that we spent the evening, one like the other, looking for people to introduce us.
03:21 Finally, he managed to find a person who knew me in order to establish contact.
03:31 "I just need someone that will wake me up to fight 'cause you let me down and for me to let me go."
03:40 "I just need someone that will wake me up to fight 'cause you let me down and for me to let me go."
03:50 "I just need someone that will wake me up to fight 'cause you let me down and for me to let me go."
04:00 "I just need someone that will wake me up to fight 'cause you let me down and for me to let me go."
04:10 "I just need someone that will wake me up to fight 'cause you let me down and for me to let me go."
04:20 (upbeat music)