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 Actually, I'd set out to post about how Johnny Hallyday's death is both a huge surprise and not that much of a shock. I mean, I've never been well versed in 1960s French rock, as evidenced by the fact that I can't find an appropriate reference without Googling it and misspelt his name on first try. But even without really listening to his songs, Johnny had such a huge presence in pop culture that he's one of those people I didn't think would die in my lifetime, as stupid as it sounds (or at least not before he turned 90 and had begun fading from raw memory). Yet I think I remember hearing about his health problems all the way back when I was in high school; it's not like I thought him unbreakable either. But then he started singing again, and he even had a tour planned for next year despite being treated for lung cancer (which says something about his determination, as anyone who's seen a relative wasting away can attest). Oh well. It's not a celebrity death that will make me cry the way I cried when Gotlib died last year (give or take two days), but it certainly feels weird and some must already be thinking it's the end of an era. 

Meanwhile, Jean-Marie Le Pen is still alive. I guess it's keeping in line with the saying that the best people leave first?