REMEMBERING EDITH PIAF

Who died this date in 1963---an excellent post from our friends at European Film Star Postcards

Despite numerous biographies, much of Édith Piaf's life is shrouded in mystery. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Ménilmontant, one of the poorer districts of Paris, in 1915. She was named Edith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity. Piaf - a Francilien colloquialism for sparrow - was a nickname she would receive 20 years later.  READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE http://bit.ly/2sIDu2t