A couple of times, the renowned French vocalist Serge Lama has recalled an incident from which he never has been able to come over. Earlier this year on January 27, Serge Lama recalled how a car accident changed his life. In August 2023, he once again recalled the horrific car accident that happened decades ago, on August 12, 1965. As the singer has publicly spoken about the incident, his fans have been left curious to know what happened on August 12, 1965. If you are also scrambling to the news articles to learn about Serge Lama’s car accident, the following sections are waiting for you. Keep reading it. Drag down the page.
Serge Lama Car Accident Explained
Serge Lama was born on February 11, 1943, in Bordeaux. His real name is Serge Chauvier but he is mainly known as Serge Lama. He is a French Singer and songwriter who started his career in 1964, a year ago when a car accident changed his life upside down. Lama has been among the most acclaimed French singers since the late 60s. He released a total of 23 studio albums and 9 live albums. His multifold songs such as D’aventures Enaventures, Les Ballons rouge, Les P’tites Femmes de Pigalle, Femme, femme, female, and Je suis père, went on to become French evergreen songs.
On Friday, January 27, 2023, at 11:10 PM, in a documentary, La Vie à la Folie, which airs on France 3, Serge Lama described how a car accident completely changed his life. Again the singer went on to speak openly about the incident, on August 7, 2023, while speaking to France Info. He said that he was involved in a car accident on August 12, 1965, In the accident, Liliane also died. This is why, the singer never has been able to come over this traumatic shock. Reportedly, the singer took almost a year to get physically recovered.
Serge Lama who is 80 years old, as of 2023, revealed more details of the incident. He said that the driver of the car struck a plane tree. His car went to strike the object eight times. He persuaded himself that the driver was inexperienced, and who recently obtained his driver’s license. He revealed that he was working on two tours at the same time. The car hit the car into a tree with such force that he did not survive it. Jean-Claude Ghrenassia, Enrico Macias’s brother and the manager of Serge Lama’s tour, was driving the car.