French singer and songwriter Charles Trenet, seen jumping in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1987, died Sunday evening, Feb. 18, 2001, at a Creteil hospital near Paris. He was 87. Trenet wrote nearly 1,000 songs that captured the hearts of the French for six decades, including "La Mer" (The Sea) and "Douce France" (Sweet France). (AP Photo/files,Herve Merliac)