The day of the funeral of French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour will be declared a day of mourning in Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Monday.
YEREVAN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd October, 2018) The day of the funeral of French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour will be declared a day of mourning in Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Monday.
Aznavour, 94, passed away in his house in the south of France on Sunday night.
"During the funeral of Charles Aznavour, a day of mourning will be declared in Armenia," Pashinyan wrote on Facebook.
Aznavour was born in Paris to a family of Armenian immigrants. In his career spanning about 70 years, over 100 million of his records were sold. In 1999, the singer was named entertainer of the century in a poll by CNN and Time magazine.
