The French songwriter wrote the music to “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” an operatic love song Piaf first performed in 1960. He also worked with Barbra Streisand.

Charles Dumont, who has died aged 95, was a jobbing song-writer who hit the jackpot when, with the lyricist Michel Vaucaire, he composed Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (“No, I Regret Nothing”) for Edith Piaf.

Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf’s biggest hit, “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” has died at age 95. Dumont’s wife told French news agency Agence France-Presse Monday that he had died overnight in Paris.

A trumpeter by training, Dumont's career transformed when he convinced Edith Piaf to perform one of his compositions, after she had turned him down several times.

PARIS: The songwriter and singer Charles Dumont, who composed the song "Non, je ne regrette rien" ("No, I do not regret anything") made world famous by Edith Pi

French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's famous song 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien' has died aged 95. View on euronews

Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf's biggest hit, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at age 95. Dumont's wife told French news agency Agence France-Presse on Monday (overnight in Australia) that he had died overnight on Sunday in Paris.