The rock star left us on December 5, 2017. Five years after his death, his friend, Eddy Mitchell, remembers a moment as funny as symbolic during the funeral of the singer.
Five years ago today, this December 5, 2022, “youth idol“has left us. Jean-Philippe Smet, his real name, died at the age of 74 at his home in Marnes-la-Coquett, December 5, 2017.
His funeral took place a few days later, on December 9, 2017. Last October, singer Eddy Mitchell recalled a comical anecdote that took place during the funeral of his singer friend.
A microphone remained on in the Madeline church at Johnny’s funeral
What better way to pay tribute to the star than a funny anecdote about his funeral? Guest on the show We redo the TV on RTL on Saturday November 5, 2022, the 80-year-old singer shares his story.
A few years earlier, in a documentary about the rocker titled Johnny made in Francebroadcast in November 2018 on France 3, Eddy Mitchell remembered: “There is an extraordinary thing in the church…” What arouse immense curiosity since the event was broadcast on TV.
Didn’t viewers see or hear something? In effect ! At RTL, Eddy Mitchell recounts: “It was the priest who finished the mass. So people were going out and the priest forgot that his microphone was still on. He said, ‘Now he’s going to fuck up heaven.’”
This remark takes the whole assembly by surprise in the church of the Madeleine and provokes hilarity. The singer then says: “We all turned around, collapsed with laughter“.
Moreover, he states that some of the guests even congratulated the priest. But no one was offended by this little comment. Because as Eddy Mitchell explains, he is convinced: Johnny Hallyday would have liked it a lot. “Yes, piss the world off, he was there for that“he concludes.
A singer very nostalgic for his friend
Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday were longtime friends, it is all the more normal that the singer regrets his sidekick and is very nostalgic. “I always think of him and I cope very well because he is always there with me“, he tells RTL. He even reassures himself: “I know that, up there, he fucks everyone so it makes me feel good“.
Death of Johnny Hallyday: time of death, place, age, cause…
As a reminder, Johnny Hallyday died at 10:30 p.m. on December 5, 2017, he was then 74 years old at the time of his death. The interpreter of the tubes Married, Light the fire, blood for blood or The Penitentiary is dead consequences of lung cancer.
His death was announced by his wife, Laeticia Hallyday, via a press release to AFP, the news fell in the middle of the night at 2:44 a.m.
His funeral was held a few days later, on December 9, 2017 in the Madeleine church, in front of more than 700 guests, all of whom came to pay tribute to the rock star. Among them, his family but also political personalities, from the world of entertainment, arts, culture but also from the business world.
In addition, a “popular tribute” had been paid to him in Paris, with a musical descent of the funeral procession from the Champs-Élysées in front of nearly a million people. His funeral took place on December 11, 2017 in Saint-BarthélemyJohnny Hallyday is buried in the marine cemetery of Lorient.
