Canadian singer Raymond Levesque dies at 92 after contracting Covid-19
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Poet, novelist, playwright and actor, Levesque composed hundreds of songs
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian singer-songwriter Raymond Levesque, whose 1956 classic Quand les hommes vivront d’amour was an international hit, has died at the age of 92 after contracting Covid-19, Canadian media reported Monday.
Poet, novelist, playwright and actor, Levesque composed hundreds of songs that became part of the fabric of Quebec’s cultural life.
His best-known work remains the 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, and which has been covered by a variety of Canadian and French singers including Celine Dion and Eddie Constantine.