Well Johnny is no longer there, and in true French understatement instead of saying , "il est mort", they say "il a disparu" - first time I came a cross this about someone "dissapearing" I thought it was like a Lord Lucan situation.
Aside from that, he was 74, voice like a old gravel pit, had 5 marriages, appeared on so many front covers of french mags, I think they will go out of business without him, and the fact he seemed to single handed, keep Gauloise in business, no surprises that lung cancer got him in the end.
I was never a fan, dreary meat and potatoes style of what certain french think is "rock" music; but I think he certainly packed it in to his life. A sort of an anti Cliff Richard .
So bye, bye Johnny Smets, you can have a rest from all the crap you surrounded yourself with now.
Aside from that, he was 74, voice like a old gravel pit, had 5 marriages, appeared on so many front covers of french mags, I think they will go out of business without him, and the fact he seemed to single handed, keep Gauloise in business, no surprises that lung cancer got him in the end.
I was never a fan, dreary meat and potatoes style of what certain french think is "rock" music; but I think he certainly packed it in to his life. A sort of an anti Cliff Richard .
So bye, bye Johnny Smets, you can have a rest from all the crap you surrounded yourself with now.
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