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Date of birth
18 Dec 1920
106 years ago at Alger, Algeria

Also Known As

  • Edmond Bacri
  • Eddie Marnay

Eddy Marnay

Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay (Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint winner, as lyricist, of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 for "Un Jour, Un Enfant", sung by Frida Boccara. He also wrote the title song for Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film A King in New York.

Biography

Céline Dion named one of her twin sons after him in 2010, as Marnay produced and helped write Dion's first five records.

Source: Article "Eddy Marnay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0

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