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RIP Johnny
Reacting to the aftermath of Johnny Hallyday's death
“Over the top” doesn’t do justice to the JH [Johnny Hallyday’s death] hysteria.
Particularly galling to have to pay for security for the hommage out of my taxes, for someone who did his best to avoid paying them himself in France!
Martin Redshaw, Pyrénées-Orientales
The singer’s 2006 move to Switzerland, with its lowertaxation levels, was supported by two thirds of those polled by Le Monde at the time.
