What is Michou?
[[File:Michel Catty.jpg|thumb|Michou]] '''Michel Georges Alfred Catty''' (18 June 1931 &ndash; 26 January 2020), known as '''Michou''', was a French singer, [[drag artist]] and owner of Chez Michou in [[Montmartre]].<ref>Reuters PARIS, Oct 8 2007 [http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-drag-idUKL084470920071008 A day in the life of a Paris drag artist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127032903/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-drag-idUKL084470920071008 |date=2020-01-27 }}</ref> In 1973 he also played the part of Beauchamp in the TV series ''[[Molière pour rire et pour pleurer]]'' directed by [[Marcel Camus]]. He was also the subject of [[Jean Luret]]'s documentary ''L'intrigant destin d’un Transformiste''. In the 1980s, he was regularly invited on French TV.<ref>''Improvisation ''so'' piano'', [[Jean-Pierre Thiollet]], Neva Editions, 2017, p 176. ({{ISBN|978-2-35055-228-6}})</ref> He was made a [[chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.purepeople.com/media/michou-est-fait-chevalier-de-la-legion_m642423 Michou est fait chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, à Paris, le 24 janvier 2005.]</ref> He was born in [[Amiens]]. Michou died at a hospital of a [[pulmonary embolism]] on 26 January 2020 in the [[Paris]] suburb of [[Saint-Mandé]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/style/michou-dead.html|title=Michou, Whose Drag Cabaret Was the Toast of Paris, Dies at 88|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Michou (cabaret artist)}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pulmonary embolism]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in France]] [[Category:French singers]] [[Category:French businesspeople]]