Tex Lecor
Canadian singer, painter and media personality
About Tex Lecor
Lived 1933 – 2017 (aged 84). Tex Lecor was a Canadian television presenter, singer, painter, comedian and radio personality.
Tex Lecor (10 June 1933 – 8 September 2017), real name Paul Lecorre, was a Québécois painter, host and singer-songwriter.
Biography Joseph Henri Paul Cyrille Lecorre was born in Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, Quebec, Canada on 10 June 1933 to Henri Lecorre. He was baptized on 16 June.
He left the Laurentides in 1957 for Montreal, where he opened the boîtes à chansons La Poubelle and La Catastrophe. He used the nickname Tex, which came from his youth manual labor. Tex Lecor then published his first album Complexe de la chanson canayenne with the label London
He obtained success visiting Quebec's clubs and boîtes à chansons with his lumberjack character. from pulmonary complications tied to Legionnaires' disease.
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Who was Tex Lecor?
Canadian singer, painter and media personality (1933-2017)
When was Tex Lecor born?
Tex Lecor was born on 10 June 1933 in Wentworth.
When did Tex Lecor die?
Tex Lecor died on 9 September 2017 in Terrebonne.
What was Tex Lecor's occupation?
Tex Lecor was a television presenter, singer, painter, comedian and radio personality.
What nationality was Tex Lecor?
Tex Lecor was Canadian.
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