Ren� Claude Simard, CM, is a pop singer from Quebec, chiefly popular in the 1970s. He was discovered and managed by Guy Cloutier. His first albums were produced by Ren� Ang�lil, who later managed and eventually married C�line Dion. He hosted his own CBC Television series from 1977 to 1979, produced in Vancouver by Alan Thicke and featuring various international celebrity guests. Since 2006, he hosts the reality television series L'heure de gloire on Radio-Canada. His sister Nathalie was also managed by Cloutier. In 2004, Cloutier was convicted of sexually assaulting Nathalie when she was a child. Michel Vastel's 2005 book on the case, Briser le silence, alleged that Ren� co-operated with Cloutier in trying to hide the assaults. On November 18, 2005, Simard held a press conference in which he denied these charges. Simard has been married to TV hostess Marie-Jos�e Taillefer since 1987. In 2014, Simard was named a Member of the Order of Canada "[f]or his contributions to the development of Quebec culture as a performer, host and director." 

February 28th, 1961 in Saguenay (Age 63)