Fred Chichin
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Birth name | Frédéric Chichin |
Born | Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France | 1 May 1954
Died | 28 November 2007 | (aged 53)
Genres | New wave, pop rock, alternative rock, chanson |
Instruments | Vocals, guitars, keyboards |
Associated acts | Les Rita Mitsouko, Taxi Girl |
Frédéric "Fred" Chichin (1 May 1954 – 28 November 2007) was a French musician and songwriter.
He was part of the pop-rock duo Les Rita Mitsouko, along with Catherine Ringer, whom he met in 1979. Prior to his work in Les Rita Mitsouko, Chichin had been active in the rock bands Fassbinder (with Jean Neplin), Taxi Girl (with Daniel Darc), and Gazoline (with Alain Kan).
Chichin died on the morning of 28 November 2007 from heart failure, following complications of the cancer the doctors had diagnosed two months earlier. He was buried 6 December 2007 in a private ceremony at the Parisian cemetery of Montmartre.[1]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) RFI Musique Les Rita Mitsouko Biography accessed 22 April 2008
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- 1954 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
- French pop singers
- French singer-songwriters
- Deaths from cancer in France
- Deaths from liver cancer
- Burials at Montmartre Cemetery
- 20th-century French singers
- French multi-instrumentalists
- French musician stubs