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French singer Barbara Weldens dies during festival performance
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 21 July 2017
An up and coming French singer called Barbara Weldens – who won acclaim for debut album ‘Le Grand H De L’Homme’ earlier this year – died on Wednesday night after collapsing during a performance at a festival.
The cause of her death has not been confirmed, but it is thought she went into cardiac arrest during the show, and local media have reported that the incident may have been the result of electrocution.
Weldens was performing in a church in a village in south-west France as part of the Léo Ferré Festival. Police confirmed to L’Europe1 that they were investigating the circumstances behind Weldens’ death, including the theory that it was caused by some sort of electrical malfunction.
Among those paying tribute to the singer were the organisers of the Pic D’Or Prize, which Weldens won last year, and who said: “It was with great emotion that we learned this morning of the death of Barbara Weldens … she was a radiant woman, talented and full of energy, and of course we are thinking of all her family and her loved ones”.
