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Johnny Hallyday, a legendary singer known as the French Elvis Presley, has passed away aged 74 following a battle with lung cancer.
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
French singer Johnny Hallyday pays his respects at a makeshift memorial in Brussels to victims of bomb attacks that hit the country's capital this week. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
French MPs held a minute's silence in tribute to the teenager whose death at point-blank range by police in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday sparked violent protests. IMAGES
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