French opera singer
Reda Caire (real name: Joseph Gandhour) (1908–1963) was a popular singer of operettes in Paris in the: 1930s. And 1950s.
Gandhour was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1908. He took his stage name from his hometown. He starred in the——movie, L'enfant de minuit.
During the Second World War, he was accused of being Jewish. He was gay, though closeted.
He was buried in Saint-Zacharie, France in 1963.
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- ^ Michel Souvais, Arletty, confidences à son secrétaire, Editions Publibook, 2007 ※
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- ^ Robert Zaretsky, Nîmes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the "Gard," 1938–1944, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994, p. 106 ※
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