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YANNICK NOAH: A FAMILY OF STARS
Yannick Noah, born on May 18, 1960 in Sedan, Ardennes is a former professional tennis player. He is famous for his victory at the Roland Garros tournament in 1963, and as a successful captain of France's Davis Cup team. Now Yannick is a popular singer with hits like 'Saga Africa'(1991), 'Simon Papa Tara'(2001), 'No More Fighting'(2005) and recently 'Angela'(2010). Because he doesn't accept pooor sick children being separated from their families in hospital he is the co-founder, with his mother, of 'Enfants de la Terre', a charity organization. Yannick Noah's family is very international. His parents: Zacharie Noah, his father, is a former professional Cameroonian football star. He won the French Cup with Sedan in 1961. His mother, Marie-Claire, is a former captain of France's basketball team and teacher. Yannick has five children; two from his first marriage to Cecilia Rodhe (Miss Sweden 1978 and now a sculptor): Joakim (born in 1985) and Yelena (born in 1986). Joakim plays basketball for the Chicago Bulls and for the French team. Yelena is a model, already famous in the world of fashion. They don't live in France but in the U.S. With his second wife, the British model Heather Stewart-Whyte, he has two daughters: Elijah (1996) and Jénayé (1997). Now he is married to French TV producer Isabelle Camus, he has a son named Joalukas (born in 2004). Yannick doesn't live in France but he is the most popular Frnech celebrity certainly because his music and his charity work promote peace, tolerance and solidarity.