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Reda Caire (real name: Joseph Gandhour) (1908–1963) was a popular singer of
operette This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...
s in Paris in the 1930s and 1950s.David Bret, ''The Mistinguett legend'', Robson, 1990, p. 199
/ref>Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, ''Petit futé: Var'', 2010, p. 22

/ref>Michel Souvais, ''Arletty, confidences à son secrétaire'', Editions Publibook, 200

/ref> Gandhour was born in
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...
,
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in 1908. He took his stage name from his hometown. He starred in the movie, ''L'enfant de minuit''. During the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, he was accused of being Jewish.Robert Zaretsky, ''Nîmes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938–1944'', Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994, p. 10

/ref> He was gay, though
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. He was buried in
Saint-Zacharie Saint-Zacharie (; Provençal: ''Sant Jacariá'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Population Points of interest * Parc du Moulin Blanc * Eglise saint-jean baptiste * Châtea ...
, France in 1963.


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