Former press officer Francine Chaloult is dead, MP Pierre Arcand announced on Twitter.
Posted at 7:03 p.m.
Updated at 7:57 p.m.
“At almost 83 years old, the mother of my spouse Dominique left us. Mme Francine Chaloult exercised her profession as press officer for the greatest artists in Quebec with passion,” writes the politician. “This extraordinary woman will have left us with wonderful memories. »
A shower of tributes followed on social networks.
As press officer, Francine Chaloult has worked with the greatest singers in Quebec, including Céline Dion, Gilles Vigneault, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Isabelle Boulay, Claude Dubois, Diane Dufresne and Roch Voisine.
“When I started in this profession, Francine was really in the prime of life. She represented all the important artists,” says Elisabeth Roy, founder of the press relations agency Roy & Turner. “It’s a profession that she invented, literally. Before Francine Chaloult, press attachés in Quebec, there were none. »
“I am so saddened,” writes impresario and host Josélito Michaud on Facebook. He describes M.me Chaloult as a friend and a “pioneer in the field of press relations”.