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Plusieurs milliers de fans étaient réunis ce samedi à Paris pour dire adieu à leur idole, le rockeur Johnny Hallyday.
Several thousand fans were gathered this Saturday in Paris to say goodbye to their idol, the rocker Johnny Hallyday.
Des inconnus, venus parfois de loin, ont accompagné le cortège funèbre suivi de quelque 700 bikers le long des Champs Elysées, au cri de "Johnny".
Strangers, who sometimes came from afar, accompanied the funeral procession followed by some 700 bikers along the Champs Elysees, shouting "Johnny".
Emmanuel Macron, qui a décidé cette grande cérémonie, a rendu hommage à celui qui était selon lui devenu pour de nombreux Français "une présence indispensable".
Emmanuel Macron, who decided on this great ceremony, paid tribute to the man who, according to him, had become for many French people "an indispensable presence".
"Johnny était beaucoup plus qu'un chanteur.
"Johnny was much more than a singer.
C'était la vie, la vie dans ce qu'elle a de souverain, d'éblouissant, de généreux.
He was life, life in its sovereignty, flamboyance and generosity.
Et c'était une part de nous-mêmes.
And he was a part of us.
C'était une part de la France".
He was a part of France".
Ponctuée de musique, la messe a été célébrée en l'église de la Madeleine autour des proches du chanteur populaire aux mille titres, parmi lesquels de nombreuses célébrités de la culture et de la politique.
Punctuated by music, the mass was celebrated in the Church of the Madeleine around the relatives of the popular singer of a thousand songs, among whom many cultural and political celebrities.
Johnny Hallyday - Jean-Philippe Smet de son vrai nom - est mort mercredi à 74 ans des suites d'un cancer du poumon, après presque 60 ans de carrière.
Johnny Hallyday - real name Jean-Philippe Smet - died Wednesday at 74 of lung cancer, after almost 60 years of career.
Il sera inhumé lundi à Saint Barthélémy.
He will be buried Monday in Saint Barthelemy.
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