Facts: - death place: suresnes , france - years active: 2004 -- 2007 - birth name: gregory jean-paul lemarchal - death date: 30 april 2007 - genre: pop-rock , - birth date: 13 may 1983 - name: gregory lemarchal - background: solo_singer - label: universal - birth place: la tronche , france - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gregory lemarchal .
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gregory lemarchal -lrb- 13 may 1983 -- 30 april 2007 -rrb- was a french singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality tv programme star academy france , broadcast on the tf1 television network .he died at age of 23 of health complications while waiting in hospital for a lung transplant .a posthumous album , '' la voix d'un ange '' , was released with profits going towards the association gregory lemarchal charity .a compilation '' reves '' was released in 2009 .he has sold more than 2 million albums .