Taking over the death of a star...

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Yesterday Johnny Hallyday died at 74 years old from a lung cancer. For those who have never heard of him, he was an iconic French singer who started to sing at 17 in 1960 and gave his last concert last July. A kind of mix between James Dean and Elvis Presley, with an incredible voice filling stadiums. Today several associations fighting against smoking want to take over his death to make of him a symbol of their fight. He was smoking 80 cigarettes/day and died at 74 from a lung cancer, so he is a perfect client, isn’t he ? Well, he was also drinking a bit too much since his young days : his first wife told that one night, he came drunk at home at 5 am, and pushed two women in the marital bed where she was sleeping. He had completely forgotten that he was married. She was aware that he was cheating her, but it was a bit embarrassing. There are also several interviews of him on Youtube where he is obviously drunk... or under drugs, he was not making a mystery that he was also taking cocaine. He was known to like speeding on big bikes when he was drunk. Finally, what is surprising, is that he lived so long. Abusing of alcohol, drugs and tobacco and reaching 74 after having sold 110 millions records and received the Légion d’Honneur is not that bad when any person above 50 is considered by a teen like a living fossil in this country. Not sure at all that he is a good example for a campaign against tobacco. It is his last wife, that he married when she was 20, who announced his death. His fans are asking for a state funeral. Maybe is it asking a bit too much, but I would not be surprised if he was receiving a national homage. Our President Macron will certainly find the right words for a toast to alcool, tobacco, sex, drugs, speeding and rock’n roll. He always finds the right words. The picture was shot by Georges Biard in 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.