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==Personal life== ===Marriages and children=== Hallyday was married five times, including twice to the same woman, with the first four marriages ending in divorce. His last marriage was his longest, lasting twenty-one years. His first marriage was to French singer [[Sylvie Vartan]], lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980.<ref name="parismatchsylvievartanalecoeur">{{cite news|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : Sylvie Vartan a le cœur "brisé"|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Mort-de-Johnny-Hallyday-Sylvie-Vartan-a-le-coeur-brise-1411244|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Paris Match|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Their son [[David Hallyday|David]] was born in 1966. His second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting for 65 days.<ref name="galababethlespouse">{{cite news|last1=Royer|first1=Marion|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : Babeth, l'épouse oubliée|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/babeth-lepouse-oubliee_410034|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Gala|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Hallyday had a four-year relationship with French actress [[Nathalie Baye]]. Their daughter [[Laura Smet|Laura]] was born in 1983.<ref name="voicisonexnathaliebaye">{{cite news|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday : son ex Nathalie Baye réagit sur les réseaux sociaux|url=http://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/mort-de-johnny-hallyday-son-ex-nathalie-baye-reagit-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-641838|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Voici|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> His third and fourth marriages were to the same woman, Adeline Blondieau, from 1990 to 1992, and from 1994 to 1995.<ref name="galaadelinelafemmequil">{{cite news|last1=Rousset|first1=Virginie|title=Mort de Johnny Hallyday – Adeline Blondieau, la femme qu'il a épousée deux fois|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/mort-de-johnny-hallyday-adeline-blondieau-la-femme-quil-a-epousee-deux-fois-un-amour-passionnel_410075|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Gala|date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Officiated by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], his fifth and final marriage was to Læticia Boudou from 1996 until his death. The couple adopted two girls from [[Vietnam]]: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August 2004 (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in November 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/120/000111784/ |title=Johnny Hallyday |publisher=Nndb.com |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> and Joy in 2008. <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:Sylvie-Vartan-Johnny-Hallyday-1.jpg|Hallyday with his first wife [[Sylvie Vartan]] in 1965 File:Johnny Adeline Cannes.jpg|Hallyday with his third wife Adeline Blondieau at the 1992 [[Cannes Film Festival]] File:Johnny Hallyday avp 2014 2.jpg|Hallyday with his fourth and final wife Læticia Boudou at the Mamers premiere of ''[[Salaud, on t'aime]]'' in 2014 </gallery> ===Residence=== Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, owned a chalet in the Swiss town of [[Gstaad]] from 2006 to 2015 to avoid the high tax rate imposed by the French government.<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="parismatchvendsonchalet">{{cite news|last1=Louaguef|first1=Sarah|title=Johnny Hallyday vend son chalet pour 9,5 millions d'euros|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Johnny-Hallyday-Son-chalet-de-Gstaad-en-vente-pour-9-5-millions-d-euros-703990|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Paris Match|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> Hallyday said that he would have moved his residency back to France if it changed its tax laws.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6190133.stm |title=Entertainment | Hallyday exile row gets political |publisher=BBC News |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current residence was in the United States after an investigation by a Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough time in Gstaad to qualify as a resident.<ref>{{cite web |title=French rocker prefers California to Gstaad |date=17 January 2014 |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/French_rocker_Johnny_prefers_California_to_Gstaad.html?cid=37756662 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118020505/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/French_rocker_Johnny_prefers_California_to_Gstaad.html?cid=37756662 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2014 |publisher=swissinfo.ch |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref> One of his favourite leisure activities was riding his [[Harley-Davidson]] on long trips through the California desert, staying in small motels along the way.<ref name=Independent /> ===Illness and death=== In July 2009, Hallyday was diagnosed with [[colon cancer]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/johnny-hallyday-concerts-cancelled |title=Johnny Hallyday tour cancelled because of health problems |work=The Guardian |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=15 July 2014 |last1=Davies |first1=Lizzy }}</ref> and underwent surgery. On 26 November 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6782637/French-rocker-Johnny-Hallyday-in-induced-coma.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6782637/French-rocker-Johnny-Hallyday-in-induced-coma.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=French rocker Johnny Hallyday in induced coma |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=15 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to repair a [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated disc]]. He suffered complications and was admitted to [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into a medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had formed as a result of the surgery, and to relieve his pain. On 17 December 2009, Hallyday and his wife started legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had performed the original surgery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9360871 |title=Entertainment News, Celebrity and Pop Culture |publisher=ABC News |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> The conflict was resolved in February 2012 following Delajoux's vindication by medical investigators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connexionfrance.com/Johnny-Hallyday-doctor-Delajoux-operation-agreement-13471-view-article.html|title=Johnny Hallyday comes to agreement with doctor after long-running dispute |work=The Connexion |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref> Hallyday died of lung cancer at 10:10 pm on 5 December 2017<ref>Mairie de [[Marnes-la-Coquette]], 12 décembre 2017, extrait de l'acte de décès de Jean-Philippe Léo SMET.</ref> in [[Marnes-la-Coquette]], near Paris, at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/johnny-hallyday-est-mort-a-l-age-de-74-ans-30-11-2017-7424988.php|title= Johnny Hallyday est mort cette nuit à l'âge de 74 ans|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 December 2017|website=Le Parisien|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last1=Chrisafis|first1=Angelique|last2=Willsher|first2=Kim|title=Johnny Hallyday, the 'French Elvis', dies at 74|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/06/johnny-hallyday-french-rock-star-dies-aged-74-lung-cancer|access-date=7 December 2017|work=The Guardian|date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/obituaries/johnny-hallyday-dead-french-elvis.html|title=Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis Presley of France, Is Dead at 74|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42247551|title=Johnny Hallyday: French rock star dies at 74|publisher=BBC|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] paid tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in the memory of the French people".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/12/06/les-reactions-de-politiques-a-la-mort-de-johnny-hallyday_5225400_3382.html|title=Les réactions de politiques à la mort de Johnny Hallyday|newspaper=Le Monde|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> On 9 December, his funeral was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the [[Champs-Élysées]] as his body was taken to the [[La Madeleine, Paris|Madeleine Church]]. The service was attended by Macron and two of his predecessors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Breeden|first1=Aurelien|title='Merci, Johnny': Hallyday Honored With Rock-Star Funeral (and Motorbikes)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/world/europe/johnny-hallyday-funeral-france.html|access-date=9 December 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 December 2017}}</ref> He was buried on the French Caribbean island of [[Saint Barthélemy]] in the cemetery of [[Lorient, Saint Barthélemy|Lorient]] parish church ([[Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Lorient|''Église de Lorient'']]) on 11 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ascensio|first1=Amandine|title=Saint-Barthélemy se prépare à accueillir Johnny Hallyday pour l'éternité|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2017/12/09/03006-20171209ARTFIG00084-saint-barthelemy-se-prepare-a-accueillir-johnny-hallyday-pour-l-eternite.php|access-date=9 December 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=9 December 2017|language=fr}}</ref> In February 2018, his two oldest children, David and Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which left his entire estate to his last wife Læticia and their two adopted children. The will was drafted in the US, and their lawyers contended that this violated French law, which prevents children from being disinherited.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43032314|title=Johnny Hallyday's children contest exclusion from his will|access-date=12 February 2018|publisher=BBC|date=12 February 2018}}</ref> <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:Johnny hallyday (2003).jpg|Hallyday performing in [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]] in 2003 File:Johnny Hallyday Cannes.jpg|Hallyday at the 2009 [[Cannes Film Festival]] File:Johnny Hallyday. 2011.JPG|Hallyday with [[Audrey Dana]] and Julien Cottereau in ''Le Paradis sur terre'' at the Édouard VII theater in 2011 File:Johnny Hallyday 2012 3.jpg|Hallyday in 2012 File:St Barths Lorient Eglise Cimétière.JPG|The parish cemetery of [[Lorient, Saint Barthélemy]], where Hallyday's grave is located File:Tombe Johnny.jpg|Tombe au cimetière de l'église de Lorient de Saint-Barthélemy </gallery>
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