TORONTO — Canadian actor, comedian and theatre director Gilles Latulippe died Tuesday morning in Montreal. he was 77.
Latulippe passed away at Montreal General Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. He had been admitted to hospital on Aug. 22 with pneumonia.
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The Montreal-born performer became a TV star in Quebec in the 1960s after doing cabaret shows and comedy.
His roles include Pousse mais pousse egal and Lecoq et fils.
He founded the now-defunct Théâtre des Variétés of Montreal in 1967.
Latulippe was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2003 and a knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2009.
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