The death of a Quebec artist has never shocked the population so much.
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When more than five radio stations in a given market play Cowboys Fringants songs at the same time, we get the feeling that the entire province is in collective mourning.
Restaurants in both Quebec and Montreal played the band’s classics. The stations have also participated in special programs.
Although it is no surprise, men and women of all ages were saddened to learn of the disappearance of a great symbol of Quebec culture. The death of Dédé Fortin on May 8, 2000 also hit us hard, but perhaps not to this extent.
TOMA ICZKOVITS
A media eclipse occurs when more than 20% of the media space in a market is taken up by a single topic. The announcement of Karl Tremblay’s death on Wednesday evening far exceeded that threshold. Immediately.
Television, radio, newspapers, social networks… Nothing else existed.
On 98.5, on FM93 and across the Cogeco network, host Mario Langlois collapsed with emotion at the start of the evening on Sports Amateurs, which began in 1972.
At RDS, which is not actually a culture channel, François-Étienne Corbin and Stéphane Leroux were also very emotional during the 5 à 7.
Many people will remember Monday, July 17, 2023, on the Plains of Abraham. Karl Tremblay courageously brought almost 90,000 spectators to tears one last time by forgetting his illness during a memorable performance.
On Wednesday evening, not tens of thousands of people cried, but a few million.
Without knowing him, Karl Tremblay was a member of the family to most people.