Georges Hamel (20 January 1948 – 26 February 2014) was a Canadian

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singer and songwriter from

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. Hamel was born in

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, Canada. Over the course of his 40-year career, Hamel recorded 44 LPs, won four

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s from

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and sold over two million records. In 2014, Hamel was the recipient of the Excellence Award at the Francophone

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Awards held in Montreal. He died in

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in February 2014, at the age of 66.

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