CLAUDE FRANCOIS: An exchange of correspondence on January 30 1978, between the editor-in-chief of Podium magazine, Geneviève Leroy, and the singer: "I've read Jours de France, can you give me the title for Podium about Albert Hall? Thanks GL". Returning to his office late that evening, Cloclo replied in red felt-tip pen: "King François has conquered a new Kingdom!!!". An original document, 40 days before the singer's death. Attached is a copy of the singer's birth certificate, issued in 1978 in anticipation of a passport renewal for a trip to Tunisia in April 1978. A rare document.

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