Azucena Caamaño: 'He was preparing his funeral' Florent Pagny's wife recounts the day of her cancer diagnosis

For several years now, Azucena Caamaño has shared the life of Florent Pagny, together they faced cancer.

In almost a month, it will be a year since Florent Pagny announced to his subscribers that he had lung cancer. In one year, he could have happened many things in his life . The cancellation of his tour 60 years old, hair loss due to chemo , his role as coach in The Voice that he left. But there were also positives. The singer received many messages of support, and most importantly, he beat cancer. Since the end of treatment, he has been resting in Patagonia with his wife Azucena Caamaño . The latter was able to speak about this long fight that she lived with him. We'll explaine everything here.

Florent Pagny, a free man

Indeed, TF1 wanted to make a documentary on the life of Florent Pagny . This legendary singer who has known the greatest. Thereby, in this documentary, we can expect to hear many testimonies from those close to him, from himself, about his career, his illness, his successes, but also his failures. And for the occasion, the number one channel has decided to name this documentary, Florent Pagny, a free man. If you want to see the latter, you will have to watch the front page on January 1 at 1:40 p.m. And this to enjoy an hour and forty documentary on the life of the singer.

Our colleagues from Midi Libre had the chance to preview this documentary and then talked about it in the columns of their magazine last Wednesday. And for the quality of this report, we can count on the presence of two very good directors, namely Alex Dell and Michel Jankiewicz . Indeed, the latter has had a very good relationship with the singer for almost 35 years. What therefore give him many anecdotes to tell.

Azucena Caamaño, Patrick Bruel... the many testimonies

And obviously, long-lasting friendships , Florent Pagny a, and with famous people. We can then find the testimony of Patrick Bruel, of his wife of course, Azucena Caamaño, Kad Merad, Pascal Bishop and even Nikos Aliagas. So many testimonials and people who come together to find the life course of this successful singer.

But one of the most invested testimonies, and closest to his person, comes from his wife, Azucena Caamaño. The latter landed in his life and since then, it remains the great love. For him, his wife remains his “bearing wall” . A beautiful love story that gave birth to two children. But, while Florent Pagny discovered his illness, he was of course able to count on his dear wife to support him from A to Z. He even paid tribute to him in June 2013 with his album Aging with you.

The discovery of the disease

So in this documentary on Florent Pagny, it remains quite complex not to address the subject of his illness. And for Azucena Caamaño, it remains a very significant day. For her things went so fast . This remains what she confides and that relates to our colleagues from Midi Libre. It turns out that the singer had had the Covid, but the cough continued and insisted, so inevitably, he had an x-ray.

She remembers “ There, he calls me, he was preparing his funeral. I tell him wait, stop, it could be anything. wait until you know more ”. But after these tests, everything falls apart. “ All of a sudden, things get worse, it's not operable, it's a nasty tumor. We will have to attack a violent treatment ”. And for his friend Patrick Bruel too, it was a real blow” a real explosion. He reassured me by telling me that it was taken in time and that he was going to do what was necessary, that is to say fight to come back better ”.

Hope for Azucena Caamaño and Florent Pagny

Thus, after so many confidences and sometimes funny, sometimes sad anecdotes, viewers will be entitled to a video of the singer. Indeed, Florent Pagny, through a video, invites his fans in 30 years. For the occasion of his 90th birthday, for a brand new documentary. And the singer seems to be eager to be able to find his audience next summer for the Nîmes festival.

Source : Current wife