French rock star and actor Johnny Hallyday has diedaged 74. The music star who sold more than 110 million
records during his career had been battling lung cancer and
was hospitalized on November 17 in Paris.
Hallyday's wife, Laeticia, in a statement said 'Johnny
Hallyday has left us. I write these words without believing
them. But yet, it's true. My man is no longer with us. He left
us tonight as he lived his whole life, with courage and
dignity.'
Known as the 'French Elvis', he popularized rock and roll by
covering hit songs by American stars such as Gene Vincent,
Eddie Cochrane and of course, Elvis.
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