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Added on the 06/12/2017 09:00:44 - Copyright : France 24 EN
It would've been his 75th birthday, and fans of French rocker Johnny Hallyday didn't forget. Hundreds gathered for a mass at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris to celebrate with ecclesiastic renditions of his classic songs. IMAGES
A 'national homage' to French rocker Johnny Hallyday began in Paris Saturday with an honour guard of up to 700 bikers following his hearse down the Champs Elysees. IMAGES
Johnny Hallyday, a legendary singer known as the French Elvis Presley, has passed away aged 74 following a battle with lung cancer.
"Morale is at zero and now they're organising to get out," says an acquaintance of the farmer who was killed by a vehicle that rammed through a roadblock put up by protesting farmers in southwestern France. The victim's husband and teenage daughter were seriously injured. IMAGES
Laeticia Hallyday and her daughters unveil a street sign for the 'Johnny Hallyday Esplanade', which commemorates her ex-husband, rocker Johnny Hallyday. It is located at the Accor Arena in Paris. The ceremony is held in front of hundreds of fans - many of whom travelled from all over France for the ceremony and a special concert to be held Tuesday - sheltered under umbrellas. IMAGES
"It's with great sadness, I just learned about it, he was an actor I adored, he's a great monument of French cinema," says Canadian director Denis Villeneuve after the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, as he arrives at the premiere of his film "Dune" in Paris. SOUNDBITE
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