To promote his book Johnny’s last days at Grasset, journalist Anne-Sophie Jahn answered questions from Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, in C to youThursday May 2, 2024. The host wanted to know a little more about one of the passages in the work in which she mentions a gift that Laeticia Hallyday would have given her.
This is’a cooling helmet that Johnny Hallyday wears on his head. “This is so that he doesn’t lose his hair.“, explained Anne-Sophie Jahn initially. “Indeed he looked sick, but still until the he kept his hair despite treatments that normally lead to alopecia. He had all the side effects except losing his hair.“, she added.
Johnny Hallyday never lost his hair
She also explained that despite the pain he might feel, he never complained and even went on tour in the provinces with the Vieille canailles, even though it is a very tiring experience. “It’s moving because the beginning of his life happens with these two men and finally at the end, the circle comes full circle because he’s going to do his last concert with them..”
While he knew he was doomed by his cancer, Johnny Hallyday never gave up. “Until the end. When he learns of his illness, he is condemned. But despite everything, not only does he not give up, but above all, he goes on a Zénith tour in the provinces, he continues to live as if it were normal. He’s a man who clings to life, who doesn’t want to let go, it’s a lesson in life“, declared the journalists a few hours earlier on RTL.
Johnny Hallyday defied doctors’ predictions
It was in September 2016 that he learned of his illness. The doctors then predicted that he would have only three months left.. Finally, he will enjoy the joys of life for 15 months before dying in December 20217. If he did not want to see his two eldest children in the last moments of his life, it is because he still thought he could overcome the disease.
“He has always had a very complex relationship with death. He was always terrified of death, but he beat several cancers. For him, death is in his hands, he chooses his last hour“, concluded Anne-Sophie Jahn.
