French singer and actor Françoise Hardy, known for her melancholic style and hit songs like "Tous les garçons et les filles," has passed away at age 80 after a long battle with cancer. Throughout the 1960s, she topped the charts in France and Europe with her music, becoming a beloved figure in the yé-yé wave. Despite never charting in the U.S., Hardy was ranked among the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone for epitomizing French cool and passion. Apart from her music career, Hardy also had success in films like Grand Prix and authored books in fiction and astrology. Married to singer Jacques Dutronc and mother to Thomas, also a recording artist, Hardy leaves behind a legacy as one of the best-selling French recording artists of all time.