To mark the first anniversary of the death of Karl Tremblay, Marie-Annick Lépine shared a moving publication on Facebook recounting her lover’s final stay in the hospital.
Marie-Annick Lépine placed her message under a work by Didier Artiste, a canvas taken from the famous black and white photo by Karl Tremblay used during the ceremony in tribute to the singer at the Bell Center, in November 2023.
“November 14, 2023, we are in the hospital. It’s 11:00 p.m. or maybe 11:30 p.m., I don’t know anymore. His pain is so intense that he loses consciousness. I scream. I’m asking for help. A whole team arrives. They resuscitate him and rush to intensive care. They tell me: “Madam, stay here, we’ll come back to get you,” recalls the 46-year-old musician.
She says she was in shock, crying alone in the corridor, and that a beneficiary attendant stopped to chat with her and accompany her.
“She took me to the ICU family lounge. She suggested I call someone for support. I called JF,” she continues.
Unaware that she was talking with one of the members of the Cowboys Fringants, the lady asks her questions about her life, tells her about her brother who also plays music and who has “a little band”.
The violinist admits to being part of the “little band” Les Cowboys Fringants to the astonished lady, who tells her she loves their work.
“She has already been with me for more than an hour, without knowing who we are, just because she loves her job and she does it extremely well,” says Marie-Annick Lépine, adding that When Jean-François Pauzé arrived, Karl was making jokes and everyone at the hospital already adored him.
Describing this woman as her guardian angel, Marie-Annick Lépine ends her message by thanking this lady (whose name she wishes she could remember!) for these moments of empathy experienced together on the eve of her Karl’s great departure.
For his part, the musician and author of the songs of Cowboys Fringants, Jean-François Pauzé, shared this superb photo of himself with his good friend Karl Tremblay.
screenshot Facebook JF Pauzé
