Françoise Cactus

Françoise Cactus (5 May 1964 – 17 February 2021), born Françoise van Hove, was a French musician and author, active in Berlin, Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total.^[2][3][4][5] Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung.^[6][7]

Françoise Cactus
Background information
Birth name	Françoise van Hove[1]
Born	(1964-05-05)5 May 1964
Died	17 February 2021(2021-02-17) (aged 56) Berlin, Germany
Occupations	Musician Author
Formerly of	Stereo Total Les Lolitas

Biography

Originally from France, Cactus moved to West Berlin in 1985^{[8][9][10][11]} and played in the West Berlin band Les Lolitas with co-founder marquis de Coco Nut. They were one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Françoise Cactus died aged 56 on 17 February 2021 in her Berlin home after having suffered from breast cancer.^[1] She is buried in Berlin.

Grave of singer Francoise Cactus

Radio plays

• Weill jagt Fantômas (Oliver Augst/Cactus/Göring), Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, Radio France Culture 2018
• Alle Toten 1914 (Oliver Augst/John Birke), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Volksbühne Berlin, Hessischer Rundfunk 2014 - participation as speaker, singer, musician
• City of the thousand fires (Augst/Birke), Hessischer Rundfunk/Südwestrundfunk 2012 - participation as speaker, singer