Biography

Strong Italian accent

Lifting her hair with the back of her hands while singing

Slightly cross-eyed

Cross-eyed

Glamour gowns

While Dalida was professionally very successful, her private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. In January 1967, Dalida took part in the Sanremo Festival with her new lover, Italian singer, songwriter and actor Luigi Tenco. The song he presented was "Ciao amore ciao" ("Bye Love, Bye"), which he sang together with Dalida. But stressed, Tenco failed despite Dalida's performance. Tenco committed suicide on 27 January 1967, after learning that his song had been eliminated from the final competition. Tenco was found by Dalida in his hotel room with a bullet wound in his left temple and a note announcing that his gesture was against the jury and public's choices during the competition. In September 1970 her former husband (1956-1961) Lucien Morisse, with whom she was on good terms, committed suicide, shooting himself in the head. In April 1975, her close friend singer Mike Brant leapt to his death from an apartment in Paris. He was 28. In July 1983, her lover from 1972 to 1981, Richard Chanfray, committed suicide by inhaling the exhaust gas of his Renault 25 car.

Was Miss Egypt 1954 before becoming an international singer

She recorded 500 French songs, 200 of which were translated into Italian, and 200 into other languages. She sold more than 80 million records world-wide.

In 1967 her lover, singer Luigi Tenco, took his own life. She discovered his dead body. She herself attempted suicide a few days later.

Had been Richard Chanfray's lover for 9 years. He committed suicide in 1983, three years after they broke up.