Renée Martel was a French Canadian country singer.
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Renee Martel’s parents, singers Noëlla Therrien and Marcel Martel, introduced her to music at an early age.
Renée Martel, the queen of Quebec country music who had crowds dancing to yé-yé — a style of European pop that emerged in the 1960s — died Saturday, 18th December, 2021 at the age of 74.
Numerous tributes have poured in following the announcement of her death. On Twitter, Quebec’s Minister of Culture, Nathalie Roy, called her “one of the greatest Quebec singers who achieved success after success”.
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The Festival Western de St-Tite paid tribute to the singer on her Facebook page by underlining “this incredible legacy left to Quebec’s musical universe”.
Born on June 26, 1947 in Drummondville, the singer leaves behind a long legacy in Quebec’s country music repertoire, which she has enriched throughout her life, since childhood.
What Happened To Renée Martel?
According to Les Productions Leclerc, Renee Martel died on Saturday afternoon at the Honoré-Mercier hospital in Saint-Hyacinthe, following severe pneumonia unrelated to COVID-19.
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