1759 Montcalm, 47, (1712-1959) French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War
1759 James Wolfe, 32, (1727-1759) British Army officer known for his victory in 1759
1847 John Easton Mills, 50, onetime Montreal mayor (1796-1847)
1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, 42, politician, (1825-1868) Assassinated
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| D'Arcy McGee |
1912 Louis Cyr, 49, strongman (1863-1912) Chronic nephritis
1917 Talbot Papineau, 34, war hero (1883-1917) Died in WWI
1919 Joe Hall hockey player, 37, (1881-1919) died of Spanish flu
1920 Aurore Gagnon, 10, martyr child, (1910-1920) Parental abuse
1926 Georges Vezina, 39, hockey goaltender (1887-1926) Tuberculosis
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| Vezina |
1935 Charley Trudeau, 47, (1887-1935)
1937 Howie Morenz, 35, hockey player, (1902-1937
1941 La Bolduc, 47, singer (1894-1941)
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| La Bolduc |
1941 Emile Nelligan, 62, poet, (1879-1941)
1943 Hector de Saint Deny, 31, painter and poet (1912-1943)
1948 Ovila Pelletier, 46, cop who worked with youth. (1902-1948).
1954 Johnny Greco, boxer, 31, (1923-1954) Car crash
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| John Greco |
1960 Paul Sauve, 53, premier of Quebec (1907-1960)
1962 Gordie Moore, 42, newspaper cartoonist (1920-1962)
1968 Daniel Johnson, 53, Quebec premier (1915-1968) Heart attack
1970 Rene Beaudoin, 57, speaker of the House of Commons (1912-1970) Heart attack
1971 Michel Briere, 22, hockey player (1949-1971) Car accident
1973 Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 57, Quebec premier 68-70 (1916-1973) Heart attack
1978 Paolo Violi, 46, mob boss, (1931-1978) Shot dead in his former cafe on Jean Talon
1978 Marie Uguay, 26, poet (1955-1981). From Ville Emard. Killed by bone cancer. A library is named after her.
1982 Gilles Villeneuve, 32, F-1 racer (1950-1982). Died in a splashy race car accident.
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| Villeneuve |
1983 Claude Vivier, 35, Composer (1948-1983) Murdered in Paris by male prostitute
1985 Camille Tourville, 57, wrestler Tarzan Tyler (1927-1985) Car crash near Chicoutimi
1985 Frank Shoofey, 44, Criminal defence lawyer (1941-1985) Shot dead at his office, murder unsolved
1986 Claude Jutra, 56, filmmaker (1930-1986) Coped with Alzheimers, found dead in a river
1986 Stuart Hilton 17, boxer (1969-1986). Died in vehicle accident. Brother of the boxing Hilton family.
1987 Rene Levesque, 65, Quebec premier (1922-1987) Heart attack
1987 Alain Montpetit, 36, radio personality (1950-1987) Drugs
1989 Victor Davis, 25, swimmer (1964-1989). Run over following a barroom dispute in Ste. Anne de
Bellevue.
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| Davis |
1990 Gerry Boulet, 44, rock musician (1946- 1990) Cancer
1991 Ted Tilden, 61, Rental car company owner (1930-1991) Heart attack
1991 Sidney Leithman, 54, Criminal defence lawyer (1936-1991) Shot dead driving in TMR
1992 John Kordic, 27, hockey player known for fighting (1964-1992). Died of a cocaine overdose in
Quebec City
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| Kordic |
1992 Michel" Bunny" Larocque, 40, Montreal Candiens goaltender (1952-1992) Cancer
1993 Douglas Leopold, 49, radio personality (1954-1993) HIV
1993 Gino Bresciano, aka westler Dino Bravo, 44, (1948-1993) Shot dead while watching hockey on TV in a still-unsolved murder.
1994 Gerald Godin, 56, politician, poet (1938-1994) Cancer
1994-Robert Ostiguy, 50, Mayor of Richelieu, Quebec (1944-1994) Suicide as part of Solar Temple Cult
1995 Allan McCarthy, 38, keyboard player for Men Without Hats (1957-1995) Died of HIV.
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| McCarthy |
1996 Robert Bourassa, 63, longtime Quebec premier (1933-1996) Cancer
1996 Ian Stephens, 31, poet (1955-1996) HIV
1997 Marie-Soleil Tougas, 27, actress (1970-1997) Died in plane crash in northern Quebec
1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, 43, filmmaker (1953-1997) Died in same crash as Tougas, his girlfriend
1998 Nick Auf der Maur, 55, municipal politician, newspaper columnist (1942-1998) Cancer
1998 Serge Lemoyne, 57, artist best known for his painting of Ken Dryden's mask (1941-1998)
1999 Gaétan Girouard, 33, TV news host (1965-1999) Suicide, said to have led many others to commit
suicide thereafter
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| Girouard |
2002 Jacques Richard, 50, onetime NHL 50 goal scorer (1952-2002) Cocaine addicted retired player died in car crash.
2003 Michelle Tardif, 36, aka Mimi Tardif or Mimi (Re)Tardif, journalist, personality, girlfriend of
Meat Puppets band leader (1967-2003). Drugs.
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| Tardif |
2004 Alex Soria, 39, rock musician, (1965-2004) suicide on railway tracks in St. Henri
1996 Michel Plasse, 58, Canadiens goaltender (1948-2006) Cancer
2000 Dede Fortin, 38, rock musician, leader of Colocs band (1962-2000) Suicide
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| Fortin |
2007 George Thurston, 55, singer known as Boule Noire, (1951-2007) Cancer
2009 Nelly Arcan, novelist, 36, (1973-2009) former prostitute died of suicide
2009 Arturo Gatti, 37, boxer (1972-2009) Murdered in Brazil
2010 Lhasa de Sela, 37, singer (1972-2010) Breast cancer
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| De Sela |
2010 Kate McGarrigle, 63, musician, singer, (1944-2010) Cancer
2016 Jean Lapierre, political analyst, (1956-2016) Plane crash
2017 Patrick Bourgeois, 55, (singer Les BBs) (1972-2017) Cancer
2018 Rick Genest, 32, aka Zombie Boy, tattoo model, (1985-2018) Fell off balcony