Joséphine Baker enters the Panthéon: the memories of Line Renaud, at her bedside in 1975 – Franceinfo

Line Renaud delivers a touching testimony about the death of Joséphine Baker in the 19/20. “I was called and I was told ‘come quickly Josephine is dying’. We stayed in the room next to her, we could hear her breathing. There was his sister, Jean-Claude Brialy and me. And so Josephine was dying. She couldn’t see us anymore, she was in a coma “, confides moved Line Renaud.

“It was a pleasure for her when she saw the reception of the public. The party, the luxury, the dance… She was moving. She changed her costume in a few minutes. It was the rhythm and then nothing, a dead bird “, continues Line Renaud. Josephine Baker was the first black woman and the first American stage artist who adopted and loved France, embracing the values ​​of the Republic.