An event eagerly awaited by fans… On December 5, 2017, Johnny Hallyday, suffering from lung cancer, died at the age of 74. If at the time of his death, sales of his records amounted to 110 million copies, they have continued to climb since. From Friday December 22, 2023, the faithful of the interpreterLight the fire will even be able to discover hundreds of objects that belonged to him. “I dreamed of this exhibition. To show the man he was, his simplicity, his sentimentality, his fragility, his closeness. To return to the essential, music. To bring memories and emotions to life that he shared throughout his life with his audience”indicated Laeticia Hallyday, at the initiative of this exhibition, in the press kit. If Jade and Joy’s mother no longer has contact with her late husband’s elders, Laura Smet and David Hallyday, she has not forgotten them. Indeed, fans will be able to discover a setting in the Taulier’s office where we can see different family photos, on which appear in particular his children, born from his relationships with Sylvie Vartan and Nathalie Baye.
David Hallyday, cash about the exhibition dedicated to his father
In his autobiography, called Best album (ed. Cherche-Midi), the ex-husband of Estelle Lefébure had assured to be against Laeticia Hallyday’s project. “Speaking of commercial exploitation, I am thinking of a recent exhibition in Brussels where my father’s personal objects were shown. I preferred not to go there”he slipped, before specifying: “The red line separating public life from the intimate and the sacred seemed to me to be crossed. I would have had the impression of seeing the spoils of a burglary in front of me.”. In it, David Hallyday had also clarified that he had not written this book to settle scores. “In my family, no offense to those who wanted to change the rules, love and dignity have always prevailed. I was raised like this […] Being famous, for example, does not imply having to make your life public [concernant l’héritage de Johnny Hallyday]. Gold this episode – obviously absolutely private – saw the triumph of a voyeurism that I will not forget. That I will not forgive”he said.