PARIS — Georges Moustaki, a singer and songwriter who wrote Édith Piaf’s hit song “Milord” and won wide popularity in France for his poetic lyrics and melancholy ballads, died Thursday in Nice, France ...

Georges Moustaki with Edith Piaf in New York in 1958. Moustaki wrote the lyrics to "Milord," one of Piaf's biggest hits. (Getty Images) ...

Hundreds of people gathered on Monday in Paris’ famous Père Lachaise cemetery for singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki’s funeral. He died on Thursday at the age of 79 after a long illness. Moustaki ...

Georges Moustaki, who has died aged 79, was a singer and songwriter who, with Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens, helped to rebuild French chanson as a Maginot Line against the 1960s onslaught of Anglo ...

Georges Moustaki died ten years ago on May 23, 2013, at age 79. He was born Giuseppe Mustacchi in Alexandria, Egypt, to Jewish Greek parents who owned the Cité du Livre bookshop. His parents spoke ...

The French singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe “Yussef” Mustacchi, to a family of Greek Jews in Alexandria, Egypt) is still mainly remembered outside France for his brief, stormy love ...

Georges Moustaki, one of France's most beloved songwriters, died Thursday in Nice after a long illness. He was 79. Moustaki was known for infusing French song with sounds from around the world. In ...

Georges Moustaki, one of France's most beloved songwriters, died Thursday in Nice after a long illness. He was 79. Moustaki was known for infusing French song with sounds from around the world. In ...