Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Charles Dumont with Edith Piaf in the early 1960s: she had previously dismissed him as ‘a mechanical songwriter of no ...

French singer-writer-composer Charles Dumont, who is best known for co-writing Édith Piaf classic Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95 after a long illness. Dumont, who was born in the ...

Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf’s biggest hit, “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” has died at age 95. Dumont’s wife told French news agency Agence France-Presse Monday that he had died overnight in ...

If ever a song deserved to be called “iconic” it’s Non, Je ne Regrette Rien, whose composer Charles Dumont has died at the age of 95. But iconic of what, exactly? A simple answer would be: the singer ...

His dozens of songs included “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” a powerful anthem of redemptive love that became one of Piaf’s signature songs. By Alex Williams Charles Dumont, who wrote the music for “Non, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Dumont composed melodies for stars including Barbra Streisand and Dalida (Getty Images) Charles Dumont, the French ...