Françoise Cactus
French writer and singer
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Françoise Cactus (5 May 1964 – 17 February 2021), born Françoise van Hove, was a French musician and author, active in Berlin, Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total.[2][3][4][5] Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung.[6][7]
5 May 1964
- Musician
- Author
- Stereo Total
- Les Lolitas
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| Born | Françoise van Hove[1] 5 May 1964 |
| Died | 17 February 2021 (aged 56) Berlin, Germany |
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Biography
Originally from France, Cactus moved to West Berlin in 1985[8][9][10][11] and played in the West Berlin band Les Lolitas with co-founder marquis de Coco Nut. They were one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship.[12][13][14][15]
Françoise Cactus died aged 56 on 17 February 2021 in her Berlin home after having suffered from breast cancer.[1] She is buried in Berlin.
Radio plays
- Weill jagt Fantômas (Oliver Augst/Cactus/Göring), Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, Radio France Culture 2018
- Alle Toten 1914 (Oliver Augst/John Birke), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Volksbühne Berlin, Hessischer Rundfunk 2014 - participation as speaker, singer, musician
- City of the thousand fires (Augst/Birke), Hessischer Rundfunk/Südwestrundfunk 2012 - participation as speaker, singer