Lucille Dumont | |
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![]() Dumont, pictured in 1940. | |
Born | Lucelle Dumont January 20, 1919 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | July 29, 2016 | (aged 97)
Other names | Micheline Lalonde |
Occupation(s) | Singer, radio/television host |
Years active | 1935–1999 |
Spouse | Jean Maurice Bailly |
Lucille Dumont (born Lucelle Dumont; January 20, 1919 – July 29, 2016) was a Canadian singer and radio and television host. She is credited by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame with having "served and personified Quebec popular music" and popularized the music of Quebec songwriters by singing their songs.[1] She is also credited with being "at the birth of Quebec television," participating in Radio Canada's first television shows.[1]
She was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and was an Officer of the Order of Canada and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.