Réal Giguère Explained

Birth Date:	1933 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:	Radio announcer
Death Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Years Active:	1956–2019

Réal Giguère (24 May 1933 – 11 February 2019) was a Canadian television host and broadcaster.

Early life

He began his career as a radio announcer from 1956 to 1961. He worked as a talk show host on French Canadian network television: Dix sur dix, Madame est servie and Parle, parle, jase, jase. He hosted game shows as well, such as Galaxie^[1] and the French Canadian version of Jeopardy!. He was also an author for TV series such as Dominique, Métro, boulot, dodo and L'or du temps.^[2] He played acting parts in Caïn^[3] – a play that he authored – and in La Cage aux Folles. In 2001, Giguère was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame.^[4] He died at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont in Montreal on 11 February 2019 from pulmonary complications.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Quiz et jeux télévisés québécois qui ont marqué (ou pas tant que ça!) les années 1980-90 ", journalmetro.com, 9 May 2010, retrieved 2010-10-09
2. Web site: Giguère, Réal (1933-). Canadian Communications Foundation . Potts. J. Lyman. October 2001. 2011-02-20.
3. Montpetit, Caroline (2004) "Livres - Michel Tremblay: Les dessous d'une ville propre", Le Devoir, 20 November 2004, retrieved 2010-10-09
4. Web site: Ten outstanding Canadians named to Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. 22 October 2001. Ottawa. 2011-02-20.
5. Web site: L'animateur Réal Giguère s'est éteint à l'âge de 85 ans. Le Devoir.