Réal Giguère (24 May 1933 – 11 February 2019) was a Canadian television host and broadcaster.

Early life

He began his career as a radio announcer from 1956 to 1961. He worked as a talk show host on French Canadian network television: ''Dix sur dix'', ''Madame est servie'' and ''Parle, parle, jase, jase''. He hosted game shows as well, such as ''Galaxie'' and the French Canadian version of ''

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''. He was also an author for TV series such as ''Dominique'', ''Métro, boulot, dodo'' and ''L'or du temps''. He played acting parts in ''Caïn'' – a play that he authored – and in '' La Cage aux Folles''. In 2001, Giguère was inducted into the

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. He died at

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on 11 February 2019 from pulmonary complications.

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* * 1933 births 2019 deaths Canadian game show hosts Canadian television talk show hosts Television personalities from Montreal Deaths from lung disease {{Canada-tv-bio-stub