Revelation that celebrated actor was late rocker’s ‘Lady L’ takes France by surprise

More than two years after his death, the French rocker Johnny Hallyday is still causing sparks between the women in his life.

The late star, a notorious womaniser, is at the centre of a love-triangle spat over claims the actor Catherine Deneuve was his lifelong soulmate and a factor in his split with his first wife, the singer Sylvie Vartan.