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Date of Birth
28 February 1961, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Birth Name
René Claude Simard

Spouse
Marie-Josée Taillefer (8 August 1987 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Rene had a popular weekly TV variety show in the mid '70s in Canada.

Does work for Fondation Achille-Tanguay, founded by Céline Dion's mother.

Older brother of Nathalie Simard. Both were managed as children by Guy Cloutier.

Married Marie-Josée Taillefer at the Church of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal before over 700 guests as about 6,000 fans waited outside.

Learned to speak English in three months.

"The Rene Simard Show" (1977) was produced by Alan Thicke.

His first albums were produced by René Angelil.

Won the 1974 International Festival of Song, and presented with its Frank Sinatra Trophy by Sinatra himself.

His children, Olivier and Rosalie Simard, were born deaf.



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