Giani Esposito was a French film actor and singer-songwriter.
Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek, and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973.
As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns, several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers.
He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito, today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.