Date 06/12/2017 - News People
PARIS (Reuters) - Johnny Hallyday, a singer known as the ?French Elvis? whose cowboy swagger and gravelly voice helped popularize rock ?n roll in his country, has died at 74 after a battle with cancer, the office of the French president said on Wednesday. ?For more than 50 years, he was a vibrant icon,? President Emmanuel Macron?s office said in a statement. Sponsored Hallyday is often credited with sales of more than 100 million albums over the decades. While never earning stardom in the United States, he won a legion of followers in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world.
