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'{{Short description|French musician and actor (1943–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Johnny Hallyday | image = Johnny Hallyday — Milan, 1973.jpg | caption = Hallyday performing in [[Milan]] in 1973 | birth_name = Jean-Philippe Léo Smet | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|6|15}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|12|05|1943|6|15}} | death_place = [[Marnes-la-Coquette]], [[France]] | resting_place = [[Lorient, Saint Barthélemy|Lorient]], [[Saint Barthélemy]], parish church cemetery | nationality = | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|actor}} | spouse = {{Plain list| * {{marriage|[[Sylvie Vartan]]|1965|1980|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Babeth Étienne|1981|1982|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Adeline Blondieau|1990|1992|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage||1994|1995|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Læticia Boudou|1996}} }} | partner = {{Plain list| * Sabina (1981) * [[Nathalie Baye]] (1982–1986) * Gisèle Galante (1987–1988) * Leah (1988–1989) }} | children = 4 (including [[David Hallyday|David]] and [[Laura Smet|Laura]]) | education = | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer <!-- mandatory field --> | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|piano|guitar}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock and roll]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[yé-yé]]}} | years_active = 1955–2017 | label = {{hlist|[[Disques Vogue|Vogue]]|[[Philips Records|Philips]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner]]|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]]|[[Tommy Brown (singer)|Tommy Brown]]|[[Jimmy Page]]|[[Tony Joe White]]|[[Dalida]]|[[Bon Jovi]]|[[Michael Bolton]]|[[Sylvie Vartan]]|[[Bono]]|[[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]|[[Connie Francis]]|[[Laura Pausini]]}} | website = {{URL|johnnyhallyday.com}}}} | alias = | relations = }} '''Jean-Philippe Léo Smet''' ({{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ filip leo smɛt}}; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name '''Johnny Hallyday''', was a French [[rock and roll]] and [[Pop music|pop]] singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2007/10/22/johnny-hallyday-renonce-a-la-nationalite-belge_969974_3224.html |title=Johnny Hallyday renonce à la nationalité belge |work=Le Monde |language=fr |date=22 October 2007 |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/miles-kington/miles-kington-johnny-hallyday-legendary-for-being-legendary-769263.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/miles-kington/miles-kington-johnny-hallyday-legendary-for-being-legendary-769263.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Miles Kington: Johnny Hallyday – Legendary for being legendary? |date=10 January 2008|work=The Independent|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.rfi.fr/france/20160327-johnny-hallyday-rocks-brussels-blues-away |title=Johnny Hallyday rocks Brussels' blues away|date=27 March 2016|publisher=Radio France Internationale|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref> During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45996351 |title=Johnny Hallyday: France's dead rocker scoops sales record |date=26 October 2018 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=15 June 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/johnny-hallyway-album-mon-pays-sales-numbers-drake-scorpion-laeticia-a8604216.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/johnny-hallyway-album-mon-pays-sales-numbers-drake-scorpion-laeticia-a8604216.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=French rocker Johnny Hallyday beats Drake's one-week sales figure with posthumous album |last=O'Connor |first=Raisin |date=27 October 2018 |work=The Independent |access-date=15 June 2019 }}</ref> mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the [[List of the best-selling music artists|best-selling artists in the world]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7717349/johnny-hallyday-battling-cancer |title=Legendary French Singer Johnny Hallyday Is Being Treated for Cancer |first=Lars |last=Brandle |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref> He had five [[diamond album]]s, 40 [[Music recording sales certification|gold albums]], 22 [[platinum album]]s and earned ten ''[[Victoires de la Musique]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Johnny-Hallyday-en-route-pour-le-Kremlin-149610|title=Johnny Hallyday à la conquête du Kremlin|access-date=27 September 2017|language=fr}}</ref> He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://repertoire.sacem.fr/resultats?filters=parties&query=johnny%20hallyday#searchBtn |title=SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music)-Johnny Hallyday |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=7 January 2018}}</ref> Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the [[Stade de France]], where he performed 9 times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at [[Parc des Princes]] in 1993, at the [[Stade de France]] in 1998, just after France's win in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], as well as at the [[Eiffel Tower]] in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales for a French artist.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} A million spectators gathered to see his performance at the Eiffel Tower, with some 10 million watching on television. Usually working with the best French artists and musicians of his time, he collaborated with [[Charles Aznavour]], [[Michel Berger]] and [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]]. Hugely popular in France, he was referred to as simply "Johnny" and seen as a "national monument"{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} and a part of the [[French culture|French cultural legacy]]. He was a symbol of the [[Trente Glorieuses]] when he emerged in 1960 and a familiar figure to four generations. More than 2,500 magazine covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during his lifetime, making him one of the people most widely covered by the media in France. His death from cancer in 2017 was followed by a "popular tribute" during which a million people attended the procession and 15&nbsp;million others watched the ceremony on TV. He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="France24-biggest-rock-star">{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20171209-johnny-hallyday-biggest-rock-star-youve-never-heard|title=Johnny Hallyday: the biggest rock star you've never heard of|date=9 December 2017 |access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> ==Early life== Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the [[9th arrondissement of Paris]] on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father, Léon Smet,<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in France|year=2008|page=1099}}</ref> and a French mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc. Léon Smet, who worked as a nightclub performer, left his wife and son a few months later. Clerc started a modeling career, which left her with little time to care for her son.<ref name="P710">{{harvsp|Hallyday|1979|pp=7–10}}</ref> Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mairie9.paris.fr/actualites/hommage-a-johnny-hallyday-l-enfant-du-9e-449|title=Hommage à JOHNNY HALLYDAY : L'ENFANT DU 9e|language=fr|date=7 December 2017|author=Sthers, Amamda|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015724/https://www.mairie9.paris.fr/actualites/hommage-a-johnny-hallyday-l-enfant-du-9e-449|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and took his stage name from a cousin-in-law from [[Oklahoma]] (Lemoine Ketcham) who performed as [[Lee Halliday]]. The latter called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music.<ref name="guardian" /> ==Career== [[File:Performance of Johnny Hallyday, 1963 - 08.jpg|thumb|Hallyday performing in 1963]] [[File:Johnny Hallyday (1965) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|thumb|right|Hallyday performing in 1965]] [[File:Musiciens tournée 1978 Hallyday.jpg|thumb|right|Hallyday with his touring band in 1978]] Influenced by [[Elvis Presley]] and the 1950s [[rock n' roll]] revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French. His debut single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love you madly"), A French adaption of the controversial 1959 [[Floyd Robinson (singer)|Floyd Robinson]] hit "[[Makin' Love]]" that was also a hit for [[Dalida]] the month prior, was released on the [[Disques Vogue|Vogue]] label in March 1960.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book |first=John |last=Tobler |year=1992 |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |edition=1st |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse/page/80 80] |id=CN 5585 |isbn=0-600-57602-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse/page/80 }}</ref> His debut album, ''Hello Johnny'', was released later that year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6309.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120081610/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6309.asp|archive-date=20 November 2014 | title=Biography - Johnny Hallyday | publisher=Radio France International | access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref> In 1961, his French-language cover of "[[Let's Twist Again]]", "[[Viens Danser Le Twist]]", sold over one million copies and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Murrells |year=1978 |title=The Book of Golden Discs |edition=2nd |publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/136 136] |isbn=0-214-20512-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/136 }}</ref> It topped almost every European chart, although the track did not appear in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 2">{{cite book |first=John |last=Tobler |year=1992 |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |edition=1st |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse/page/101 101] |id=CN 5585 |isbn=0-600-57602-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse/page/101 }}</ref> He appeared on the American ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' with American singing star [[Connie Francis]] in a show that was taped at the [[Moulin Rouge]] nightclub in Paris. He staged many appearances in the [[Paris Olympia]] under the management of [[Bruno Coquatrix]]. For their first concert, [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] opened for Johnny Hallyday in [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] on 14 October 1966. Film footage from October 1966 exists of Hallyday partying with Hendrix, his manager [[Chas Chandler]] and others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/actualite/2016/09/08/video-quand-jimi-hendrix-et-johnny-hallyday-tournaient-a-nancy-en-1966|title=VIDEO. Quand Jimi Hendrix et Johnny Hallyday tournaient en Lorraine en 1966|work=Republicain Lorrain|date=8 September 2016|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> He also socialised with [[Keith Richards]] and [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/culture/musique/quand-jimi-hendrix-faisait-la-premiere-partie-de-johnny-hallyday-3512714|title=Quand Jimi Hendrix Faisait la Première Partie de Johnny Hallyday|newspaper=Le Journal de Dimanche|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306112131/https://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Musique/quand-jimi-hendrix-faisait-la-premiere-partie-de-johnny-hallyday-3512714|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the end of the 1960s, Hallyday made a string of albums with [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]'s [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=KmSRCUASvV4 |title=Video Interview Foreigner et Johnny Hallyday Taratata 23.12.1994|date=23 December 1994|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> and [[Tommy Brown (singer)|Tommy Brown]] as musical directors, and [[Big Jim Sullivan]], [[Bobby Graham (musician)|Bobby Graham]] and [[Jimmy Page]] as session musicians. These are ''Jeune homme'', ''Rivière... Ouvre ton lit'' (also known as ''Je suis né dans la rue'') and ''Vie''. On ''Je suis né dans la rue'', Hallyday hired both [[Peter Frampton]] and the [[Small Faces]] and they all play on most of the tracks on the album. [[Steve Marriott]] and [[Ronnie Lane]] of the Small Faces contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde pour moi (What You Will)" to the album. "Amen" is a French-language variation on "That Man", a previously-released 1967 Small Faces song played in a heavy rock style. Tensions between the Small Faces during the recording sessions led to Marriott leaving the band and forming [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] with Frampton, and rearranged English language versions of both "Reclamation (News Report)" and "Regarde pour moi (What You Will)" appeared on Humble Pie's debut LP of 1969. Often forgotten is Hallyday's non-LP single and EP track "[[Que je t'aime (song)|Que je t'aime]]" from the same sessions.<ref>[Frampton and Small Faces contribution on 1969 album.] [[Steve Marriott – All Too Beautiful...]] (Paulo/Hellier) {{ISBN|1-900924-44-7}} p.324</ref> By 1969 alone, his [[gramophone record|record]] sales exceeded twelve million units.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs" /> One of Hallyday's later concerts, ''100% Johnny: Live à la tour Eiffel'' in 2000, attracted an audience of 500,000 and 9.5&nbsp;million television viewers (the show was broadcast live on French TV).<ref name="Official site">{{cite web |url=http://www.johnnyweb.fr/ |title=Johnny Hallyday – Site Officiel |publisher=Johnnyweb.fr |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121001335/http://www.johnnyweb.fr/ |archive-date=21 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2005, Hallyday had his third number-one single on the French [[SNEP]] singles chart since its establishment in 1984,<ref>"Mon plus beau Noël", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=160667&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 4 October 2008)</ref> "[[Mon plus beau Noël]]" (after "[[Tous ensemble]]" and "[[Marie (Johnny Hallyday song)|Marie]]"), dedicated to his adopted daughter Jade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lacoccinelle.net/277084.html|title=Paroles et traduction Johnny Hallyday : Mon Plus Beau Noël – paroles de chanson|website=lacoccinelle.net|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> Shortly before announcing his retirement from touring in 2007, he released a blues-flavored album, ''[[Le Cœur d'un homme]]''. In addition to the lead single "Always", ''Le Cœur d'un homme'' features "T'aimer si mal", a duet with blues musician [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] and "I Am the Blues", an English-language song (uncharacteristically for Hallyday) written by [[U2]]'s lead singer [[Bono]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/le-c%C5ur-dun-homme-mw0001615784|title=Le Cœur d'un Homme|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> His next album, ''Ça ne finira jamais'', released in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/%C3a-ne-finira-jamais-mw0001689999|title=Ça Ne Finira Jamais|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> another No. 1 on the French album chart, and its lead single, "[[Ça n'finira jamais]]", also reached No. 1.<ref>"Ça n'finira jamais", French Singles Chart [http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=520005&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 25 November 2008)</ref> Hallyday's album ''Tour 66: Stade de France 2009'' was a live set recorded at [[Stade de France]] during his farewell tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tour-66-stade-de-france-2009-mw0001794418|title=Tour 66: Stade de France 2009|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> In 2011 Hallyday released album ''Jamais seul'', recorded with Matthieu Chedid, and started touring again. In 2012 he gave concerts in different countries, including Russia, and released the album ''L'Attente''. Later Hallyday released two live albums, ''On Stage'' and ''Born Rocker Tour'' (a recording of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre de Paris). Albums named ''Rester Vivant'' and ''De L'Amour'' were released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. In 2015–2016 Hallyday had the ''Rester Vivant'' Tour. A concert in Brussels was released as a live album in 2016. ==Personal life== ===Marriages and children=== Hallyday was married five times, including twice to the same woman, with the first four marriages ending in divorce. His last marriage was his longest, lasting twenty-one years. His first marriage was to French singer [[Sylvie Vartan]], lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980.<ref name="parismatchsylvievartanalecoeur">{{cite news|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : Sylvie Vartan a le cœur "brisé"|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Mort-de-Johnny-Hallyday-Sylvie-Vartan-a-le-coeur-brise-1411244|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Paris Match|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Their son [[David Hallyday|David]] was born in 1966. His second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting for 65 days.<ref name="galababethlespouse">{{cite news|last1=Royer|first1=Marion|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : Babeth, l'épouse oubliée|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/babeth-lepouse-oubliee_410034|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Gala|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Hallyday had a four-year relationship with French actress [[Nathalie Baye]]. Their daughter [[Laura Smet|Laura]] was born in 1983.<ref name="voicisonexnathaliebaye">{{cite news|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : son ex Nathalie Baye réagit sur les réseaux sociaux|url=http://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/mort-de-johnny-hallyday-son-ex-nathalie-baye-reagit-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-641838|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Voici|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> His third and fourth marriages were to the same woman, Adeline Blondieau, from 1990 to 1992, and from 1994 to 1995.<ref name="galaadelinelafemmequil">{{cite news|last1=Rousset|first1=Virginie|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday – Adeline Blondieau, la femme qu'il a épousée deux fois|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/mort-de-johnny-hallyday-adeline-blondieau-la-femme-quil-a-epousee-deux-fois-un-amour-passionnel_410075|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Gala|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Officiated by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], his fifth and final marriage was to Læticia Boudou from 1996 until his death. The couple adopted two girls from [[Vietnam]]: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August 2004 (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in November 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/120/000111784/ |title=Johnny Hallyday |publisher=Nndb.com |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> and Joy in 2008. <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:Sylvie-Vartan-Johnny-Hallyday-1.jpg|Hallyday with his first wife [[Sylvie Vartan]] in 1965 File:Johnny Adeline Cannes.jpg|Hallyday with his third wife Adeline Blondieau at the 1992 [[Cannes Film Festival]] File:Johnny Hallyday avp 2014 2.jpg|Hallyday with his fourth and final wife Læticia Boudou at the Mamers premiere of ''[[Salaud, on t'aime]]'' in 2014 </gallery> ===Residence=== Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, owned a chalet in the Swiss town of [[Gstaad]] from 2006 to 2015 to avoid the high tax rate imposed by the French government.<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="parismatchvendsonchalet">{{cite news|last1=Louaguef|first1=Sarah|title=Johnny Hallyday vend son chalet pour 9,5 millions d'euros|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Johnny-Hallyday-Son-chalet-de-Gstaad-en-vente-pour-9-5-millions-d-euros-703990|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Paris Match|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> Hallyday said that he would have moved his residency back to France if it changed its tax laws.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6190133.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Hallyday exile row gets political |publisher=BBC News |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current residence was in the United States after an investigation by a Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough time in Gstaad to qualify as a resident.<ref>{{cite web |title=French rocker prefers California to Gstaad | date=17 January 2014 |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/French_rocker_Johnny_prefers_California_to_Gstaad.html?cid=37756662 |publisher=swissinfo.ch |access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref> One of his favourite leisure activities was riding his [[Harley-Davidson]] on long trips through the California desert, staying in small motels along the way.<ref name=Independent /> ===Illness and death=== In July 2009, Hallyday was diagnosed with [[colon cancer]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/johnny-hallyday-concerts-cancelled |title=Johnny Hallyday tour cancelled because of health problems |work=The Guardian |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=15 July 2014 |last1=Davies |first1=Lizzy }}</ref> and underwent surgery. On 26 November 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6782637/French-rocker-Johnny-Hallyday-in-induced-coma.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6782637/French-rocker-Johnny-Hallyday-in-induced-coma.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=French rocker Johnny Hallyday in induced coma |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=15 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to repair a [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated disc]]. He suffered complications and was admitted to [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into a medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had formed as a result of the surgery, and to relieve his pain. On 17 December 2009, Hallyday and his wife started legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had performed the original surgery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9360871 |title=Entertainment News, Celebrity and Pop Culture |publisher=ABC News |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> The conflict was resolved in February 2012 following Delajoux's vindication by medical investigators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connexionfrance.com/Johnny-Hallyday-doctor-Delajoux-operation-agreement-13471-view-article.html|title=Johnny Hallyday comes to agreement with doctor after long-running dispute |work=The Connexion |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref> Hallyday died of lung cancer at 10:10&nbsp;pm on 5 December 2017<ref>Mairie de [[Marnes-la-Coquette]], 12 décembre 2017, extrait de l'acte de décès de Jean-Philippe Léo SMET.</ref> in [[Marnes-la-Coquette]], near Paris, at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/johnny-hallyday-est-mort-a-l-age-de-74-ans-30-11-2017-7424988.php|title= Johnny Hallyday est mort cette nuit à l'âge de 74 ans|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 December 2017|website=Le Parisien|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last1=Chrisafis|first1=Angelique|last2=Willsher|first2=Kim|title=Johnny Hallyday, the 'French Elvis', dies at 74|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/06/johnny-hallyday-french-rock-star-dies-aged-74-lung-cancer|access-date=7 December 2017|work=The Guardian|date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/obituaries/johnny-hallyday-dead-french-elvis.html|title=Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis Presley of France, Is Dead at 74|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42247551|title=Johnny Hallyday: French rock star dies at 74|publisher=BBC|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] paid tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in the memory of the French people".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/12/06/les-reactions-de-politiques-a-la-mort-de-johnny-hallyday_5225400_3382.html|title=Les réactions de politiques à la mort de Johnny Hallyday|newspaper=Le Monde|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> On 9 December, his funeral was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the [[Champs-Élysées]] as his body was taken to the [[La Madeleine, Paris|Madeleine Church]]. The service was attended by Macron and two of his predecessors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Breeden|first1=Aurelien|title='Merci, Johnny': Hallyday Honored With Rock-Star Funeral (and Motorbikes)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/world/europe/johnny-hallyday-funeral-france.html|access-date=9 December 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 December 2017}}</ref> He was buried on the French Caribbean island of [[Saint Barthélemy]] in the cemetery of [[Lorient, Saint Barthélemy|Lorient]] parish church ([[Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Lorient|''Église de Lorient'']]) on 11 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ascensio|first1=Amandine|title=Saint-Barthélemy se prépare à accueillir Johnny Hallyday pour l'éternité|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2017/12/09/03006-20171209ARTFIG00084-saint-barthelemy-se-prepare-a-accueillir-johnny-hallyday-pour-l-eternite.php|access-date=9 December 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=9 December 2017|language=fr}}</ref> In February 2018, his two oldest children, David and Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which left his entire estate to his last wife Læticia and their two adopted children. The will was drafted in the US, and their lawyers contended that this violated French law, which prevents children from being disinherited.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43032314|title=Johnny Hallyday's children contest exclusion from his will|access-date=12 February 2018|publisher=BBC|date=12 February 2018}}</ref> <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:Johnny hallyday (2003).jpg|Hallyday performing in [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]] in 2003 File:Johnny Hallyday Cannes.jpg|Hallyday at the 2009 [[Cannes Film Festival]] File:Johnny Hallyday. 2011.JPG|Hallyday with [[Audrey Dana]] and Julien Cottereau in ''Le Paradis sur terre'' at the Édouard VII theater in 2011 File:Johnny Hallyday 2012 3.jpg|Hallyday in 2012 File:St Barths Lorient Eglise Cimétière.JPG|The parish cemetery of [[Lorient, Saint Barthélemy]], where Hallyday's grave is located File:Tombe Johnny.jpg|Tombe au cimetière de l'église de Lorient de Saint-Barthélemy </gallery> ==Legacy== Hallyday was once called "the French [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/05/08/french-legend-johnny-hallyday-performs-berklee-performance-center/E5MkJipEG2P3PyJxDVjq2H/story.html |title=Johnny Hallyday is more than just a French Elvis |author=Christopher Muther |date=8 May 2014 |work=Boston Globe |access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304299304577347813152763098 |title="French Elvis" Plays America |author=Marc Myers |access-date=26 January 2017 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=19 April 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' described Hallyday as "a hip swiveling, leather-clad Gallic answer to Elvis Presley who shook up his home country's music scene with American-style rock-n-roll and bad-boy antics."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/johnny-hallyday-we-hardly-knew-you | title = Johnny Hallyday, We Hardly Knew You! | date = 6 December 2017 | access-date = 12 December 2017 | website = The Daily Beast | author = Erin Zaleski }}</ref> He remained largely unknown outside the [[Geographical distribution of French speakers|francophone world]] and was sometimes described as "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/le-fin-for-the-original-french-pop-idol-1684593.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/le-fin-for-the-original-french-pop-idol-1684593.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Le fin for the original French pop idol |work=The Independent |date=14 May 2009 |access-date=17 October 2009 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1507887/Go-go-Johnny-go-but-to-Belgium.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1507887/Go-go-Johnny-go-but-to-Belgium.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Go, go Johnny go – but to Belgium? |first1=Kim |last1=Willsher |first2=Justin |last2=Stares |date=15 January 2006 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=3 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/henrysamuel/9763659/End_of_the_road_for_Frances_Elvis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110133747/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/henrysamuel/9763659/End_of_the_road_for_Frances_Elvis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |title=End of the road for France's Elvis |first=Henry |last=Samuel |date=11 May 2009 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> He was made ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 1997<ref name="jorf19970101">{{Cite journal |journal=[[Journal Officiel de la République Française|JORF]] |volume=1997 |issue=1 |title=ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 31 décembre 1996 portant promotion et |date=1 January 1997 |page=29 |id=PREX9612816D |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9612816D |access-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> and Officer of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)]] in 2001.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.dhnet.be/medias/divers/johnny-hallyday-officier-de-l-ordre-de-la-couronne-51b7d81ce4b0de6db991608b "Johnny Hallyday, officier de l'ordre de la Couronne!"]. ''[[La Dernière Heure]]''. 2 June 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2017.</ref> [[Jimmy Buffett]] paid tribute to Johnny with his song "Johnny's Rhum" on his 2023 album ''[[Equal Strain On All Parts]]''. ==Discography== {{Main|Johnny Hallyday discography}} ==Films== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1955) as a student (uncredited) * ''[[Tales of Paris|Les parisiennes]]'' (1962) as Jean Allard (segment "Sophie")<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday">{{cite web|title=Johnny Hallyday|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1600453|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809150543/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1600453|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2016|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> * ''Secret File 1413'' (1962) as Himself * ''[[D'où viens-tu Johnny?]]'' (1963) as Johnny (but not Hallyday)<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Cherchez l'idole]]'' (1964) as Himself<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''Les poneyttes'' (1968) as Himself * ''[[À tout casser (film)|À tout casser]]'' (1968) as Frankie<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[The Specialist (1969 film)|Le spécialiste]]'' (1969) as Hud Dixon / Brad<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Point de chute|Stumbling Point]]'' (1970) as Vlad the Romanian<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Malpertuis (film)|Malpertuis]]'' (1971) as the sailor who kisses Bets (uncredited) * ''[[L'aventure, c'est l'aventure]]'' (1972) as Himself<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Animal (1977 film)|L'Animal]]'' (1977) as Himself<ref>{{Citation|title=Animal (1977) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075683/fullcredits|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> * ''Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent'' (1981) * ''The Case of the Missing Bottle'' (1983) as Mr. Waitor{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} * ''[[Détective (1985 film)|Détective]]'' (1984, directed by [[Jean-Luc Godard]]) as Jim Fox Warner<ref>{{Cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1985-08-23|title=Screen: 'Detective,' by Jean-Luc Godard|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/23/movies/screen-detective-by-jean-luc-godard.html|access-date=2020-06-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * ''Conseil de famille'' (1986, directed by [[Costa-Gavras]]) as Louis the dad<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Terminus (1987 film)|Terminus]]'' (1986) as Stump<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[The Iron Triangle (film)|The Iron Triangle]]'' (1989) as Jacques<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-01-01|title=The Iron Triangle|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/iron-triangle-review/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Empire|language=en}}</ref> * ''La gamine'' (1992) as Frank Matrix<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Paparazzi (1998 French film)|Paparazzi]]'' (1998) as Himself (uncredited) * ''[[Why Not Me? (film)|Why Not Me?]]'' (1998) as José<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''Love Me'' (2000) as Lennox<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''Mischka'' (2002) as Himself * ''[[The Man on the Train (2002 film)|L'homme du train]]'' (2002) as Milan<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Crime Spree]]'' (2003) as Marcel Burot<ref>{{Citation|title=Crime Spree|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310924/|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> * ''[[Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse]]'' (2004) as the one-eyed hermit<ref>{{Citation|title=Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337103/|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> * ''[[Quartier V.I.P.]]'' (2005) as Alex<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Jean-Philippe (film)|Jean-Philippe]]'' (2006) as Jean-Philippe<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''Starko!'' (2008) as Himself * ''[[The Pink Panther 2]]'' (2009) as Laurence Millikin<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Vengeance (2009 film)|Vengeance]]'' (2009) as Francis Costello<ref name="bfijohnnyhallyday" /> * ''[[Salaud, on t'aime]]'' (2014) as Jacques Kaminsky<ref>{{Cite web|title=We Love You, You Bastard (Salaud, on t'aime): Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/we-love-you-you-bastard-693057|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2 April 2014 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Rock'n Roll (2017 film)|Rock'n Roll]]'' (2017) as Johnny Hallyday<ref>{{Cite web|title='Rock'n Roll': Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rockn-roll-review-976668|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=16 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction]]'' (2017) as Johnny (final film role)<ref>{{Citation|last=AlloCine|title=Casting de Chacun sa vie|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-248351/casting/|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> {{div col end}} == Books == * {{cite book |last1=Hallyday |first1=Johnny |title=Johnny raconte Hallyday |date=1979 |publisher=Filipacchi |edition=1st |location=Paris |isbn=2-86391-006-X}} * {{cite book|last1=Hallyday|first1=Johnny|last2=Sthers|first2=Amanda|title=Dans mes yeux : Johnny Hallyday se raconte à Amanda Sthers|date=2014|publisher=Pocket|location=Paris|isbn=9782266236225|oclc=887560125}} ==See also== * [[List of best-selling music artists]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Johnny Hallyday}} * {{wikiquotelang|fr}} * {{Official|http://www.johnnyhallyday.com/}} {{in lang|fr}} * {{IMDb name|name=Johnny Hallyday|id=0002776}} * {{Discogs artist}} * {{Find a Grave|185728843}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141120081610/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6309.asp Biography of Johnny Hallyday], from [[Radio France Internationale]] {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]] | title = [[Victoires de la Musique]]<br />[[Victoires de la Musique#Male Artist of the Year|Male artist of the year]] | years = 1987 | after = [[Claude Nougaro]] }} {{s-end}} {{Johnny Hallyday}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallyday, Johnny}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour]] [[Category:French male film actors]] [[Category:French male television actors]] [[Category:French people of Belgian descent]] [[Category:French pop singers]] [[Category:French rock singers]] [[Category:Rock and roll musicians]] [[Category:French tax resisters]] [[Category:Male actors from Paris]] [[Category:Mercury Records artists]] [[Category:Philips Records artists]] [[Category:French expatriates in Switzerland]] [[Category:French expatriates in the United States]] [[Category:Singers from Paris]] [[Category:English-language singers from France]] [[Category:People from Gstaad]] [[Category:Singers from Los Angeles]] [[Category:20th-century French male actors]] [[Category:21st-century French male actors]] [[Category:Warner Music France artists]] [[Category:Universal Music France artists]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer in France]] [[Category:20th-century French male singers]] [[Category:21st-century French male singers]]'