(Montreal) The funeral of journalist and columnist Denise Bombardier, who died last week, will be celebrated Friday evening at Saint-Viateur d’Outremont church in Montreal.
Those who want to pay homage to him for the last time will be able to attend the ceremony at 5 p.m.
Prime Minister François Legault will be present.
The flag of the Hôtel du Parlement du Québec will also be at half mast on Friday evening, the National Assembly announced in a press release on Thursday.
Mme Bombardier died on July 4, at the age of 82, “at the Saint-Raphaël Palliative Care Home in Montreal following a dazzling cancer, surrounded by people who loved her,” her family said in a statement. communicated.
“Journalist, author, host and essayist, she left her mark on Quebec and the Francophonie with her unconditional love of the French language and her outspokenness. Her loved ones will remember her for her extraordinary strength, her wit and her great humor, which she had until the last hour,” reads her obituary.
In addition to having been a columnist until very recently for The Journal of Montrealshe has also hosted several programs on Radio-Canada, including Point, Hyphen And today sunday.
Born in Montreal in 1941 into a modest family, Ms.me Bombardier studied political science at the University of Montreal. She then went to the Sorbonne in the 1970s to obtain a doctorate in sociology.
She has also contributed to several other Quebec and French media over the years, notably The world, The Express, The duty And News.
Denise Bombardier has also written about twenty novels and essays.
She was named to the Order of Quebec in 2000, then admitted to the Order of Canada in 2015. She was also received as an officer in the Order of the Legion of Honor of France in 2009.