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In March, Jean Lapierre died at age 59, in a plane crash that killed six others including his wife and family members..
A former minister in the Canadian government and TV personality has been killed in a plane crash in Quebec.
The Montreal Gazette reports that Jean Lapierre was on board the plane that went down on the morning of March 29. Police in the area have said there was no survivors from the crash.
First elected as a Liberal MP in , the former federal cabinet minister and founding member of the Bloc Québécois left partisan politics for.
In total, seven people were killed, including Lapierre and members of his family.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. He Was Traveling With His Family to His Father’s Funeral
According to his Twitter page, Lapierre’s father, also named Jean, died at the age of 83 in the last few days.
He had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The funeral was taking place in Iles-de-la-Madeleine, according to the BBC.
The day before his death, Lapierre told a reporter from the Globe and Mail that he was “alternating between tears and laughter as we go over all of the good times we spent with our father.”
Global News reporter Monique Muise tweeted that the deceased are La