Mick Jagger once called her his 'ideal woman' ICON'S DEATH Sixties icon Françoise Hardy known for her melancholic ballads dies aged 80 SINGER, actress and fashion icon Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80. The French beauty, known for her melancholic ballads, released more than 30 albums, and had a UK hit with All Around the World in 1964. 1 Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80 Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd Hardy was born in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944 and raised in the city. Receiving her first guitar aged 16, she began writing her own songs...