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Belgian Singer and Actress Annie Cordy Dies, Aged 92

Annie Cordy. (Getty Images)
Annie Cordy. (Getty Images)
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Belgian Singer and Actress Annie Cordy Dies, Aged 92

Annie Cordy. (Getty Images)
Annie Cordy. (Getty Images)

Belgian singer and actress Annie Cordy, who recorded several popular hits and was made a baroness by King Albert II, has died, the government announced Friday. She was 92.

Cordy, born Leonie Correman, was one of the French-speaking world’s best-loved musical comedy performers.

“Annie Cordy was an accomplished artist whose humor and joie-de-vivre represented so well the Belgian spirit that we love so much," Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes said on Twitter.

“She won over the hearts of many generations. She will be sorely missed. My sincere condolences to her family and loved ones."

According to French media, Cordy died on Friday in southern France.

Cordy was born in Brussels in 1928 but made her name on the stage and in films after moving to Paris.

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Ed Sheeran Beats Copyright Appeal over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Song

Singer Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, US, June 6, 2023. (Reuters)
Singer Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, US, June 6, 2023. (Reuters)
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Ed Sheeran Beats Copyright Appeal over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Song

Singer Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, US, June 6, 2023. (Reuters)
Singer Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, US, June 6, 2023. (Reuters)

Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a US appeals court on Friday to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On."

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed with a lower-court judge's dismissal of a lawsuit from Structured Asset Sales, which owns rights to the Gaye song that previously belonged to co-writer Ed Townsend.

Structured Asset Sales' owner - investment banker David Pullman - said the company was reviewing all of its options after the decision.

A lawyer and spokespeople for Sheeran and the other defendants did not immediately respond to similar requests.

In May 2023, Sheeran defeated a separate copyright lawsuit by Townsend's heirs, who own a separate share of his interest in "Let's Get It On," in a closely watched jury trial.

SAS sued Sheeran in 2018. US District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed its case following the verdict in the heirs' case.

Stanton found that the musical elements Sheeran allegedly copied were too common to merit copyright protection.

The appeals court agreed, saying that protecting the elements could stifle creativity, and that Sheeran's and Gaye's songs were not similar enough for Sheeran's to have infringed on SAS' copyright.

It also rejected the argument that Stanton should have reviewed Gaye's actual recording, which according to Pullman included key elements that Sheeran copied, rather than focus on the song's sheet music deposited with the US Copyright Office.

SAS has filed another lawsuit against Sheeran based on its rights in Gaye's recording. That case is currently on hold.