Jean Lapointe, a well-known Quebec singer, actor, and comedian who subsequently was elected to the Senate died at the age of 86. Jean Lapointe was born in a community in the Lower St-Lawrence region on December 6, 1935. The Establishment Jean Lapointe reported he died surrounded by family members with “health difficulties.” Lapointe struggled with alcoholism but was able to break free, and in 1982 he founded La Maison Jean Lapointe, a halfway house for persons coping with alcoholism and drug addiction. The Centre’s operations were soon supported by the Jean Lapointe Foundation. “Our father often remarked that Maison Jean Lapointe was his greatest pride,” said Anne Elizabeth Lapointe, general manager of the treatment center, in a statement.
