Legendary French composer Charles Dumont dies: he wrote the immortal hit Non, je ne regrette rien for Edith Piaf

French singer and composer Charles Dumont, who is best known as a co-author of Edith Piaf's legendary song "Non, je ne regrette rien," has died. At the time of his death from a long illness, he was 95 years old.

This was reported by Deadline. The publication does not say what kind of disease Dumont was fighting.

From an early age, the French composer was fond of music, namely jazz. He once studied trumpet at the Toulouse Conservatory of Music in France. After tonsil surgery, he had to give up the trumpet. Then Dumont switched to the piano and started writing songs.

Throughout the 1950s, he continued to compose music, but did not make any profit from it. Because of this, the composer found odd jobs to keep himself afloat. At the same time, he met the songwriter Michel Walker, and together they wrote the song "Non, je ne regrette rien" ("No, I do not regret it") in 1956 for Edith Piaf.

He wrote about 30 more songs for the singer until their collaboration ended due to the artist's early death. Edith Piaf died at the age of 47 in 1963.

Throughout his career, Dumont has written songs for many other well-known artists, such as Dalida, Tino Rossi, Jacques Brel and Barbra Streisand. His music can also be heard in the films and TV series Traffic, Parade, Inception, The Dreamers, Bull Durham, and Intolerable Cruelty, where his song "Non, je ne regrette rien" was included in the soundtracks.

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