Hugo St-Cyr (November 23, 1978 – September 24, 2015) was a Canadian

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and

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. He became known for his role as Michel Couillard in the popular youth series ''

Watatatow ''Watatatow'' was a Canadian French-language children/youth television series, that aired from 1991 to 2005 on Radio-Canada. The first show aired on September 17, 1991. 104 half-hour episodes were filmed every year; they were shown four afternoo ...

'', which aired for fourteen years on Radio-Canada Television from 1991 to 2005. This role earned him five MetroStar prizes and

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Biography

Saint-Cyr was born in Longueuil. Alongside

Vincent Bolduc Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists * Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

(Alexis) in

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, he played the prominent role of Clément Fortin, a teenager who commits suicide in the dramatic

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series '' Ent'Cadieux'', written by

Guy Fournier Guy Fournier, CM (born 23 July 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec) is a Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter. From 8 September 2005 to 19 September 2006 he was chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Personal li ...

. He played the role of Paul Rose in the miniseries '' October 1970'', tracing the tragic events that occurred in October 1970 in Quebec. It was broadcast on

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and

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. Since

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, he hosted the show '' Podium Xtrême'' on

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, dealing with emission technology in extreme sports. In the winter, he hosted ''The Car Guide'' on the channel Vox in Montreal. On September 25, 2014, ''

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'' magazine revealed that he was suffering from

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of the bone and undergoing

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. He died from this on September 24, 2015. He had two daughters with actress

Isabelle Guérard Isabelle Guérard (born July 1, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actress. She garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Actress at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for '' The Storm Within (Rouge sang)'', and a Jutra Award no ...

Honours

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winner

, best dramatic interpretation Youth Program or Series for

'' *

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winner

Price MetroStar A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services. In some situations, the price of production has a different name. If the product is a "good" in the ...

, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' 'List of MetroStar nominees and winners from 1986 to 2003
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' ' *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' ' *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' ' *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

: Price MetroStar winner, for best young artist 'Watatatow' 'news of March 26, 2001 CBC site

Filmography

Actor

* 1991-2005: ''

'', Michel Couillard * 1993-1994: '' Ent'Cadieux'', Clément Fortin * 1998: '' Une voix en or'', drummer * 1998: ''

Un gars, une fille ''Un gars, une fille'' (, ''A Guy, A Girl'') is a Canadian comedy television series created by and starring Guy A. Lepage and broadcast on Radio-Canada, as well as the title of its French adaptation on France 2. It was one of the most successfu ...

'', François-Xavier * 1999: '' Operation Tango'', the Soldier Dalpé * 2003: '' Harmonium'' (miniseries), Yves Ladouceur * 2004: '' Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise: Les nuits de Montréal)'', Dan Langlais * 2007: '' October 1970'', Paul Rose * 2008: ''Transit'', the butcher

Moderator

: '' The Car Guide '' ( Vox) *

: '' Podium Xtrême '' (

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:St-Cyr, Hugo 1978 births People from Longueuil 2015 deaths Deaths from bone cancer Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male child actors Male actors from Quebec French Quebecers