VIDEO. The French rock legend would have been 80 years old this Thursday, June 15, 2023. Will she survive posterity? asks the writer.
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VSfive and a half years after the death of the innkeeper, fans are celebrating today the 80th anniversary of his birth. “Is this an event? begins Philippe Labro. “It’s not easy. »
If a major tribute exhibition will be held from December 12, 2023 to June 16, 2024 in Paris and several commemorations have been made to the star this Thursday, in particular in the village of Viviers (Ardèche) where his statue is enthroned, “there is no not a line in the newspapers and there are hardly any special programs at the moment”. Perhaps because the news is too rich. We talk more about “guilty Trump”, the funeral of Silvio Berlusconi or even the disappearance of the “American literary giant Cormac McCarthy”.
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Will Johnny Hallyday survive posterity? What’s left of him? “A voice, a character, an extraordinary repertoire, millions of fans…”. Time does its work, of course, “but let’s still expect in October the release of a new box set on the year 71 and the new ones that will arise” concludes the writer.
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