The Guardian. “Her life was one like no other.”“She was still making French songs shine at the age of 89” the statement added, explaining her career then ended following a stroke.Gréco sang as a cabaret artist in Paris in the 1950s, before then starring in French TV series Belphegor in 1965, which became a hit across western Europe.Paying his respects to Juliette Gréco on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron wrote, “She was elegance and freedom.