MONTREAL — Jean Lapointe, the beloved Quebec singer, actor and comedian who was later appointed to the Senate, has died at age 86.
Born in Price, a village in the Lower St-Lawrence region, Lapointe began his career as a teenager at a Quebec City radio station. Lapointe enjoyed success on his own in music as well as comedy throughout the 1970s and 1980s, stringing together such hits as"Chante-la ta chanson,""Tu jongles avec ma vie" and"Si on chantait ensemble." In 1981, he won the Félix, a Quebec music award, for concert of the year.
In 2000, Quebec's Les Olivier humour awards gala awarded him a tribute prize. Another tribute was paid to him at the Just for Laughs gala in 2005, marking his 50th anniversary in the business.
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