Jean Lapointe, singer, actor and retired Canadian senator, dies at 86

MONTREAL — Jean Lapointe, the beloved Quebec singer, actor and comedian who was later appointed to the Senate, has died at age 86.
The foundation he created announced Friday his death from health complications at a Montreal palliative care home, surrounded by loved ones.
Born in Price, a village in the Lower St-Lawrence region, Lapointe began his career as a teenager at a Quebec City radio station.
In 1955, he founded the Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay. The popular duo mixed