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France mourns the death of original rocker Johnny Hallyday

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Video. France mourns the death of original rocker Johnny Hallyday

Updated: 06/12/2017 - 7:08 GMT+1

He sold 100 million records in a five-decade career, but this French icon, who nearly single-handedly dragged France into the rock and roll era, was almost unknown abroad.

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