Charley Marouani

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Charley Marouani

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Charley Marouani in 1982
BornCharley, Elie, Shalom Marouani
7 December 1926
Sousse, French Tunisia
Died July 29, 2017(2017-07-29) (aged 90)
Corsica, France
Occupation Impresario, agent
Relatives Gilbert Marouani (brother)

Charley Marouani (7 December 1926 – 29 July 2017) was a Tunisian impresario and talent agent.

An impresario is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role similar to that of an artist manager or a film or television producer.

A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, writers, screenwriters, broadcast journalists, and other professionals in various entertainment or broadcast businesses but also agents. In addition, an agent defends, supports and promotes the interest of their clients. The way old talent agencies specialize, either by creating departments within the agency or developing entire agencies that primarily or wholly represent one specialty. For example, there are modeling agencies, commercial talent agencies, literary agencies, voice-over agencies, broadcast journalist agencies, sports agencies, music agencies and many more.

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Early life

Charley Marouani was born in 1926 in Sousse, Tunisia. [1] [2] He had a brother, Gilbert Marouani, who became a music producer. [1] Their father, an olive oil taster, [3] died in 1944, and Marouni emigrated to France. [2]

Sousse City in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia

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Gilbert Marouani was a Tunisian-born French music editor, producer and publisher as well as a talent agent.

Career

Marouani began his career as a photographer in Nice. [1] He subsequently moved to Paris, where he became a talent agent alongside his uncle. [1] His first client was Jacques Brel. [1] Other clients included Barbara, Sylvie Vartan, Henri Salvador, Joe Dassin, Salvatore Adamo, Richard Anthony, Julien Clerc and Enrico Macias. [1] [3] [2] In his 2011 memoir, he recounted many stories about his celebrity clients. [3]

Nice Prefecture and commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, France

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Jacques Brel Belgian singer-songwriter

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Barbara (singer) French singer

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Marouani became a knight of the Legion of Honour in 2009. [1] [4]

The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes.

Death

Marouani died on 29 July 2017 in Corsica, France, at the age of 90. [1]

Corsica Island in the Mediterranean, also a region and a department of France

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Charley Marouani, imprésario de Brel, Barbara et Sylvie Vartan, est mort". Le Monde. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Lehoux, Valérie (30 July 2017). "Charley Marouani, l'agent de Brel, Barbara et tant d'autres, est mort". Télérama. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "L'imprésario Charley Marouani en dédicace". Le Parisien. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Décret du 13 juillet 2009 portant promotion et nomination". Legifrance. Republic of France. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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