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Today is the birthday of French chanteuse Édith Piaf, known as The Little Sparrow due to her petite stature — she was 4' 8" (142 cm) tall — and famous for many songs, notably Non, je ne regrette rien (No, I regret nothing) and La Vie en rose — poignant ballads sung with a voice that broke hearts around the globe. Her work reflected a tragic and short life — she died of cancer at the age of 47 — which included a troubled childhood filled with disease and parental abandonment, a baby born when she was sixteen — the product of her first love — who died in infancy of meningitis. Her greatest amour, a boxer named Marcel Cerdan, was killed in a 1949 plane crash. She was married twice — her second husband twenty years her junior. The Little Sparrow's funeral procession in 1963 drew hundreds of thousands of mourners onto the Parisian streets and more than 40,000 fans attended the ceremony at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Fellow singer and friend Charles Aznavour noted that it was the only time since the end of the Second World War he'd seen Paris traffic brought to a complete halt.

On this date in 1922, in England, Theresa Vaughn, age 24, goes on trial for bigamy. She confesses in court to having 62 husbands.

Thinking of loves loved and loves lost we offer this sweet do you like me? yes no Notes in Class T-Shirt — the full line is here — reminiscent of the folded missives passed secretly between boys and girls in school. It can be found in The Main Section of the abundant and sassy CafePress.com Lynda's Studio Designs shop. Some products suitable for adults only.

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