Douglas Leopold

Douglas Leopold, nicknamed Coco (Oct 1, 1943 – April 4, 1993), was a television and radio personality in Quebec, along with being a public relations specialist.

Douglas Leopold studied political science and music at McGill University and the Sorbonne.

His professional introduction to disco came in promoting the Montreal branch of Régine

Leopold was openly gay and earned the nickname Coco because he peppered his speech with this expression, as a form of punctuation. He appeared as "Coco" in Scandale (1982) and made many appearances on local television, identifying and commenting on new trends in fashion and lifestyles. Leopold's key concept was the jet set, which he did not identify simply with money or extravagance, but rather a certain conception of good taste and appropriate conduct. Two decades later, the case was reopened by the New York City Police, who received statements from a number of witnesses which linked Montpetit to the murder. These included a confession, from the woman who had provided Montpetit's alibi, that she had lied about Montpetit being with her.

While Leopold continued to publicly claim, even a few months before his death, that he was in perfect health and did not have AIDS, he died of this very illness on 6 April 1993, at the Chris Brownlie Hospice in Los Angeles.