The one who has sold several million records since her debut has been very discreet in recent years. Singer Nana Mouskouri, 88, gave an interview to our colleagues at Gala. On this occasion, the star revealed to have fought against cancer.

“I see life through the prism of songs. You can’t know how many times I’ve sung, how many concerts, how many trips I’ve been on… I’m so grateful for everything he’s given me. happened. And you know, I went through pancreatic cancer,” she said. A disease on which the artist had never confided publicly. “I never wanted to talk about it. It was in 2015, I came back from Australia, I had chemotherapy which lasted eight months. I am optimistic, I know that you should never give up when we are sick, we really have to fight against it”.

A disease that she fought alongside her husband André Chapelle with whom she has been in a relationship since the 1970s before getting married in 2003. “I had not had it, I would not have done everything I I did. We’re still in love. When he’s here, I’m fine. I’m afraid of losing him. And it’s the same for him. And then, we share this same love and this same respect for the music and work. I’m very happy to have found it,” she said of him.

This is the second marriage of Nana Mouskouri who was first married to Greek musician and producer Geórgios Petsilás. Planet invites you to discover the sublime singer in our slideshow.