Famed French singer and actor Patrick Bruel is one of the many Europeans who had settled in the idyllic L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Now, he has lost his home in the devastating wildfire that has been ravaging the area since last week.
He bought the house eight years ago after his two sons, 21-year-old Leon and 19-year-old Oscar, moved there with their mother, the well-known novelist and filmmaker Amanda Sthers. Johnny Hallyday, the late French crooner, also encouraged Bruel to buy a house there and become his neighbor. Hallyday’s house, where his widow Laeticia lived with their two daughters, has now also perished in the fires.
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