{"id":53943,"date":"2017-12-06T06:28:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53943"},"modified":"2017-12-06T06:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:28:40","slug":"johnny-hallyday-dead-fans-celebs-mourn-massive-star-known-as-the-french-elvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/johnny-hallyday-dead-fans-celebs-mourn-massive-star-known-as-the-french-elvis.html","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Hallyday Dead: Fans &amp; Celebs Mourn Massive Star Known As The \u2018French Elvis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Johnny Hallyday Dead: Fans &amp; Celebs Mourn Massive Star Known As The \u2018French Elvis\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">French music icon Johnny Hallyday sadly died on Dec. 6 (in France) after a tough battle with cancer. See mourning reactions from fans and celebrities here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Singer Johnny Hallyday, 74, who was known as the \u201cFrench Elvis\u201d died on Dec. 6 (in France) after battling lung cancer. The Agence France Presse revealed the sad news, according to Variety. Johnny, who was the first Gallic singer to make rock \u2018n\u2019 roll music popular in France, had been battling the illness for several months. After news broke of his death, it didn\u2019t take long for fans and celebrities who admired him to express their sympathy and grief on social media. Musical legends, including Celine Dion and Richie Sambora posted about their sadness while other followers that were inspired by the music icon shared emotional farewells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Johnny sold over 110 million records during his long successful music career and started off in the 1950s singing French-language cover versions of popular songs from American artists like Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochrane, and Gene Vincent. He went on to release his own first album, Hello! Johnny in 1960 and it jump started his many years in the music industry. His played at France\u2019s first rock festival and almost started a riot that led to the country banning rock \u2018n\u2019 roll music for several months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Johnny first revealed his battle with cancer on Twitter back in Mar. At that time, he said he was in good health with a great team of doctors and it was a battle he was fighting proudly. Although there was speculation before he officially released the statement, many weren\u2019t sure whether or not to believe the terrible news due to several false headlines about musical icons over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">We are sending healing wishes to all those who are affected by Johnny\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2017\/12\/05\/johnny-hallyday-dead-fans-celebs-react-mourn-french-elvis\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/johnny-hallyday-dead-fans-celebs-mourn-massive-star-known-as-the-french-elvis.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Hallyday Dead: Fans &amp; Celebs Mourn Massive Star Known As The \u2018French Elvis\u2019 French music icon Johnny Hallyday sadly died on Dec. 6 (in France) after a tough battle with cancer. 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