Guy Bonnet

{{Short description|Musical artist (1945–2024)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Guy Bonnet

| image = Guy Bonnet (Frankrijk), Bestanddeelnr 923-3711.jpg

| caption = Bonnet at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Avignon, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|1|8|1942|5|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Avignon, France

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| occupation = {{hlist|Author|composer|singer}}

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Guy Bonnet ({{IPA|fr|ɡi bɔnɛ}}; (12 May 1942[https://deces.matchid.io/id/lzJcnb_Hjw82 BONNET Guy Pierre Laurent] {{in lang|fr}}[https://anniversaire-celebrite.com/guy-bonnet-c10744 Guy Bonnet Chanteur français] {{in lang|fr}} – 8 January 2024)[https://www.eurovisionuniverse.com/obituaries/guy-bonnet-passed-away/ Guy Bonnet passed away] was a French author, composer, and singer. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for "{{lang|fr|La Source|i=no}}", the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed by Isabelle Aubret. In {{escyr|1970}}, he participated himself in the contest for France, with "Marie-Blanche" coming fourth out of twelve contestants; he repeated the experience in {{escyr|1983}} with "{{lang|fr|Vivre|i=no}}", finishing eighth out of twenty.

Bonnet wrote and composed songs for various artists, including Mireille Mathieu, Sylvie Vartan, Franck Fernandel, and Massilia Sound System. He also wrote a contemporary pastorale "{{lang|fr|La Pastorale des enfants de Provence|i=no}}".

Bonnet died in Avignon on 8 January 2024, at the age of 81.{{cite news |title=Le chanteur et compositeur avignonnais Guy Bonnet est décédé |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/le-chanteur-et-compositeur-avignonnais-guy-bonnet-est-decede-1136940 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=France Bleu |date=8 January 2024}}