Editing Édith Piaf (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Édith Piaf & Theo Sarapo 914-6437.jpg|thumb|Piaf performing in Rotterdam, with her second husband Théo Sarapo, in 1962|alt=A photograph of Édith Piaf with her second husband Théo Sarapo in 1962]]

During a tour of America in 1947, Piaf met boxer [[Marcel Cerdan]] and fell in love.<ref name="Marcelcerdanheritage">{{Cite web |title=Marcelcerdanheritage - Toutes vos actualités sportives |url=https://www.marcelcerdanheritage.com/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |website=Marcelcerdanheritage |language=fr-FR |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220171857/https://www.marcelcerdanheritage.com/ |url-status=live }}{{fv|date=May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Soldes Marcel Cerdan Héritage et Soldes Tenue de Boxe |trans-title=Marcel Cerdan Heritage Sales and Boxing Outfit Sales |quote=...La vie de Marcel Cerdan est extraordinaire... ses conquêtes féminines, Edith Piaf, sa mort tragique... |trans-quote=...Marcel Cerdan's life is extraordinary... his female conquests, Edith Piaf, his tragic death... |url=http://www.chaussure-hommes.com/soldes-marcel-cerdan-heritage-et-soldes-tenue-de-boxe-10044/ |website=La Chaussure et Les Hommes |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=fr-FR |date=26 June 2011 |archive-date=14 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214183804/http://www.chaussure-hommes.com/soldes-marcel-cerdan-heritage-et-soldes-tenue-de-boxe-10044/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They had an affair, which made international headlines since Cerdan was the former middleweight world champion, and at the time was married with three children.<ref name="rfimusique" /> In October 1949, Cerdan boarded a flight from Paris to New York to meet Piaf. While on approach to land at [[Santa Maria Island|Santa Maria]] in the Azores for a scheduled stopover, the aircraft [[Air France Flight 009|crashed into a mountain]], killing Cerdan and everyone else on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marcelcerdanheritage.com/2en.aspx?sr=12 |title=Marcel Cerdan's tragic disappearance (1949) |work=Marcel Cerdan Heritage |access-date=7 March 2008 |archive-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423014252/http://www.marcelcerdanheritage.com/2en.aspx?sr=12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 1950, Piaf recorded the hit song "[[Hymne à l'amour]]" dedicating it to Cerdan.<ref name="Cramer">{{Cite book|title=Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century|volume=4|first=Alfred W.|last=Cramer|publisher=Salem Press|year=2009|isbn=9781587655166|page=1107}}</ref>

Piaf was injured in a car accident that occurred in 1951. Both Piaf and singer [[Charles Aznavour]] (her then-assistant) were passengers in the vehicle, with Piaf suffering a broken arm and two broken ribs. Her doctor prescribed the drug morphine as a treatment for arthritis,<ref name="LVST">{{cite web |title=La vie secrète et tourmentée d'Edith Piaf |trans-title=The Secret and Tormented Life of Edith Piaf |url=https://befr.starsinsider.com/people/802654/la-vie-secrete-et-tourmentee-dedith-piaf |website=Stars Insider |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=fr-BE |date=4 February 2025 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209104642/https://befr.starsinsider.com/people/802654/la-vie-secrete-et-tourmentee-dedith-piaf |url-status=live }}</ref> which became a dependency alongside her alcohol problems.<ref name="yahoomusicbio" /> Two more near-fatal car crashes exacerbated the situation.<ref name="vansun" /> In 1952, her then-husband forced Piaf into a detox clinic on three separate occasions.<ref name="yahoomusicbio" />

In 1952, Piaf married her first husband, singer [[Jacques Pills]] (real name René Ducos), with [[Marlene Dietrich]] performing the matron of honour duties. Piaf and Pills divorced in 1957.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Piaf |first1=Edith |title=The Wheel of Fortune: The Autobiography of Edith Piaf |date=2004 |publisher=Peter Owen |isbn=978-0-7206-1228-8 |pages=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4YZAQAAIAAJ |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In 1962, she wed [[Théo Sarapo]] (Theophanis Lamboukas), a singer, actor, and former hairdresser who was born in France of Greek descent.<ref name="yahoomusicbio" /> Sarapo was 20 years younger than Piaf<ref>{{cite web |title=Theo Sarapo Biography |url=https://christielaume.com/theo-sarapo-biography/ |website=Christie Laume |access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> and the two remained married until Piaf's death.<ref name="yahoomusicbio" />