Canadian singer-songwriter Raymond Levesque, whose 1956 classic Quand les hommes vivront d’amour was a global hit, has died.
Levesque died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 92.
“All my condolences to the family and loved ones of the great Quebecer Raymond Levesque, author of one of the most beautiful songs of all time,” a Canadian Prime Minister, Francois Legault wrote on Twitter.
The deceased’s best-known work remains the pacifist hymn, which was written partly in reaction to the Algerian war that France was waging at the time.
During his time, Levesque was committed to the idea of independence for Quebec, a province in Canada, and refused the Governor General’s Award when it was offered to him in 2005 because, according to him, it represented the British monarchy in Canada.
May his soul rest in peace.
