Johnny Hallyday (1943-2017)

The father of French Rock and Roll is dead. Flamboyant singer and actor Johnny Hallyday (1943-2017) passed away yesterday, 6 December. He was a European teen idol in the 1960s with record-breaking crowds and mass hysteria, but he never became popular in the English-speaking market. In later years he concentrated on being an actor and appeared in more than 35 films. Johnny Hallyday was 74.


Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 4208 04-025 U.


French postcard by E.D.U.G., Paris, no. 170. Photo: Sam Lévin.


French postcard, no. 171. Photo: Sam Lévin.


French postcard by E.D.U.G., Paris, no. 189. Photo: Sam Lévin.


French postcard by E.D.U.G., Paris, no. 215. Photo: Sam Lévin.


French postcard by E.D.U.G., no. 266. Photo: Sam Lévin.


French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 1063. Photo: Sam Lévin.


West-German postcard by Krüger, no. 902/225. Photo: Gérard Decaux.


West-German postcard by Krüger, no. 902/226. Photo: Gérard Decaux.


French postcard by E.D.U.G., Paris, no. 431. Photo: LYNX / Philips.


French postcard by Publistar, Marseille, no. 750. Photo: Herman Leonard / Philips.


French postcard by Publistar, Marseille, no. 773. Photo: Aubert / Philips.


French postcard by Encyclopédie du Cinéma, no. EDC 550 Vis. 1. Photo: publicity still for D'où viens-tu... Johnny?/Where Are You From, Johnny? (Noël Howard, 1963).


French postcard by Encyclopédie du Cinéma, no. EDC 550 Vis. 4. Photo: publicity still for D'où viens-tu... Johnny?/Where Are You From, Johnny? (Noël Howard, 1963).


Spanish postcard by Postal Oscarcolor, no. 210, 1964.


French photo.

Read also our biography of Johnny Hallyday with more postcards.