Canadian
singer-songwriter Raymond Levesque is dead at the age of 92 after contracting
Coronavirus.
Before
his death, the poet, novelist, playwright and actor composed hundreds of songs
that became part of the fabric of Quebec's cultural life.
His
best-known work remains the 1956 pacifist hymn "Quand les hommes vivront
d'amour" ("When Men Live by Love"), which was written partly in
reaction to the Algerian war that France was waging at the time. The
international hit has been covered by a variety of Canadian and French singers
including Celine Dion and Eddie Constantine.
The singer
who died on Monday February 15, had been committed to the idea of independence
for Quebec and refused the Governor General's Award when it was offered to him
in 2005 because it represented the British monarchy in Canada.
After
going deaf in the mid-1980s, he devoted himself to writing, particularly poetry
and theate
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