PARIS - Singer France Gall, whose hits - including a Eurovision triumph with Serge Gainsbourg - made her an icon of French pop music, has died aged 70.

Gall passed away on Sunday after a two-year struggle against cancer, French media reported.

The news prompted tributes including from President Emmanuel Macron, who said on his Twitter account that "she leaves behind songs that are familiar to all French people and the example of a life devoted to others."

Gall, whose father penned songs for French greats Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour, rose to fame as a teenager with help from legendary singer and songwriter Gainsbourg.

Gall revived her career in the 1970s with Michel Berger, another influential French songwriter whom she later married and with whom she had two children. She halted her career in the 1990s following the deaths of Berger and her daughter Pauline.

Gall is the second French 1960s icon to have died in the past two months, following the death of rock singer Johnny Hallyday, dubbed "the French Elvis", in early December. - Reuters