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Patrick Esposito Di Napoli (January 18, 1964 – November 13, 1994) was a musician and member of the
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Les Colocs Les Colocs (''The Roommates'') were a rock music group from Québec formed in 1990 in Montreal. Profile Founded in 1990 and fronted by Dédé Fortin, ''Les Colocs'' made music in Quebec French. Their sound, infused with brass sounds, was inspi ...
, for which he played
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Early life and education

Di Napoli was born to a family of Italian descent in
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, in the
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in
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Career

He started making music in the 1970s, sometimes writing his own lyrics and melodies. For a time he lived with other musicians in an artist's loft in Montreal. Di Napoli wrote the song "Séropositif Boogie", which appeared on the band's first album in 1993, about living with
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. He had contracted the virus from a tainted needle. He died on November 13, 1994, of complications from
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. Les Colocs paid homage to him by using pictures of him during live shows. They dedicated their final album, ''Dehors novembre'' (November Begone) (1998), to Di Napoli. It is considered their best album. The title track, written by lead singer
Dédé Fortin André "Dédé" Fortin (17 November 1962 – 8 May 2000) was a founding member, frontman, and vocalist of the Québécois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990. Early life Fortin was born to Alfred Fortin and Gisèle Tremblay on a farm near the smal ...
, expressed the point of view of a dying man, and was later used as the soundtrack to Patrick Bouchard's animated short film '' Dehors novembre''.Odile Tremblay
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'', November 26, 2015. He was portrayed by Dimitri Storoge in the 2009 film ''
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(Dédé, à travers les brumes)''.


See also

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List of Quebec musicians This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from the province of Quebec. Blues * Garou – also pop * Okoumé – also néo-trad, rock and electronica * Roxanne Potvin – singer, guitarist * David Wilcox Chanson * D ...
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Music of Quebec Like many cosmopolitan cities, Quebec is a home for all genres of music. From folk music to hip hop music, hip hop, music has always played an important role in Quebecer culture. In the 1920s and '30s singer/songwriter La Bolduc, Madam Bolduc pe ...
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Culture of Quebec The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiri ...


References

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