Louis Leplée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Leplée

French businessman

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1936

Profession: businessperson, nightclub owner

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Louis Leplée (April 7, 1883 in Bayonne, France – April 6, 1936 in Paris, France) was a French nightclub owner who discovered the French singer Édith Piaf singing on a Paris street corner in 1935.
Leplée starred Piaf at the popular Parisian nightspot Le Gerny's as "La Môme Piaf" (The Little Sparrow). Leplée was murdered in his apartment in Paris, on April 6, 1936 a day before his 53rd birthday.
Piaf was questioned extensively by the police before being cleared of wrongdoing.
There has been speculation of mob involvement in Leplée's death.