Mourners including Quebec Premier François Legault paid their respects Friday during a visitation at Montreal's Théâtre Maisonneuve.
Quebec music legend Jean-Pierre Ferland is being honoured on Saturday with a national funeral in Montreal.
Quebecers have been invited to come and say their farewells, wearing the colour yellow in tribute to the singer’s 1970 hit album “Jaune.”Julie-Anne Saumur, speaks during the national funeral of her husband Quebec singer Jean-Pierre Ferland at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, Saturday, June 1, 2024.Pianist and composer François Cousineau, a frequent collaborator with Ferland, who produced his 1992 album “Bleu, Blanc, Blues,” will be one of the performers at the funeral.
“In the ’80s and ’90s, he began to be a kind of a major figure in Quebec show business, and then people began to love him and to say, ‘That’s our love singer,’” said Trottier.
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