Whether for his endearing personality or for his musical work, TVA Nouvelles viewers from the four corners of Quebec paid a final tribute to Jean-Pierre Ferland.
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“I entered my mother in a beauty contest for the Journal de Montréal and at 75 years old, she won the contest and Mr. Jean-Pierre Ferland came to sing “T’es belle” for the four winners. That was a wonderful evening that I will never forget,” said a lady in Montreal.
“A super nice man, very friendly and attentive to his audience. I had the chance to meet him in Quebec,” added another from Gatineau.
“Sometimes there were people who said that he wasn’t the most handsome man on earth, but that man had a charm. He really liked women and he had a lot of respect, I think,” said a woman from Rivière-du-Loup.
“I always appreciated his songs and his personality too. He was a good, honest person. It’s rarer today,” said a viewer from Rouyn-Noranda.
“For me the album “Listen not that”, it is a very very precious album where we find a much calmer, more composed Jean-Pierre,” explained a woman from Rivière-du-Loup. .
“There I am 84 years old. I saw him grow up. It was an icon,” said a man from Quebec.
