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On the eve of the funeral which will take place on Monday afternoon in the strictest intimacy in the small cemetery of Lorient, the residents of Saint Barth were able to render a last tribute this Sunday night at Johnny Hallyday during a funeral organized in the antillean tradition.

Last trip for Johnny Hallyday, who has been ensured that Sunday evening by a number of inhabitants of Saint-Barthelemy before being put in the ground this Monday on the island of his heart. At the funeral home to St. John, situated between the airport and the cemetery of Lorient, the “St-Barths” marched for two hours in front of the coffin of the Taulier surrounded by crowns of white flowers, the colour of mourning in the west Indies. The crowd, massed behind the barriers, was filtered at the entrance by the forces of law and order. As recounted in The new yorker, ” the white coffin was simply placed on a plinth of the same color at the entrance to the funeral home, near a cross and a candle. There was no photo of Johnny or book of condolences. Just bouquets offered by friends and fans of the island and the mainland, including a guitar re-created from hydrangeas, lysianthus and roses intertwined “.

Our colleagues also report the presence of the Bitin Brass Band, a group of Saint Barth, came to animate at the request of Laeticia, the first hour of the vigil with the old classic blues and New Orleans. These latter, who were joined by Yarol Poupaud, guitarist of Johnny. Saint-Barthélemy, which was devastated in September by hurricane Irma, Johnny will be in the cemetery by the sea in Lorient facing the bay of the same name, popular among surfers. The burial is scheduled Monday at 16 hours local (21: 00 Paris time). The ceremony must include about 80 close to the singer, with a short office delivered directly to the cemetery, without passing by the church of Lorient. The location which will host the tomb of the singer has been dug out on Saturday morning.

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