France bid farewell to its biggest rock star Saturday, honoring Johnny Hallyday with an extravagant funeral procession down Paris' Champs-Elysees Avenue, a presidential speech and a televised church ceremony filled with the country's most famous faces. It was a nod to the lifelong passion that Hallyday, born Jean-Philippe Smet, had for motorcycles. and thunderous applause rose up Saturday as fans broke out singing Hallyday classics including "Que je t'aime" ("How I love you"). Bruel, an old friend, said when Hallyday died "it's like they took away the Eiffel Tower in the middle of the night." Hallyday is expected to be buried in the French Caribbean island of St. Barts where he owned a house.

Source: ABC News December 09, 2017 07:15 UTC