Richard Garneau

{{Short description|Canadian sports journalist and writer}} {{Infobox person |name = Richard Garneau |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|15}} |birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec |death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|01|20|1930|07|15}} |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = host of ''La Soirée du hockey'' |occupation = radio and television journalist |nationality = |awards = Order of Canada<br>National Order of Quebec<br>Pierre de Coubertin medal }} '''Richard Garneau''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ}} (July 15, 1930 – January 20, 2013) was a Canadian sports journalist and writer in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=651493|title=Canadiens mourn the passing of Richard Garneau (press release)|date=2013-01-20|publisher=Montreal Canadiens|accessdate=20 January 2013|archive-date=2016-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806130015/http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=651493|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography== Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he was best known as the host of ''La Soirée du hockey'', the very popular ice hockey television show in French Canada. In a career spanning over 50 years, Garneau also covered twenty-three Olympic Games, seven Commonwealth Games and four Pan-American Games. He was scheduled to participate in the broadcasts of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

==Honours== In 1999, he was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame "in recognition of his long-time work as a colour commentator on French hockey telecasts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/induct99.shtml|title=Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 1999 Inductees|work=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=2012-02-28|archive-date=2017-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127093121/http://hhof.com/htmlInduct/induct99.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=805|title=Citation|work=National Order of Quebec|language=French|access-date=2012-02-28|archive-date=2014-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223145843/http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=805|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref>{{OCC|10989}}</ref> At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he was posthumously awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his work in the Olympic movement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/olympics/looking-back/garneau-posthumously-awarded-de-coubertin-medal |title=Garneau posthumously awarded de Coubertin medal {{!}} 2014 Winter Games ~ Canada.com |access-date=2014-02-11 |archive-date=2014-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211024626/http://www.canada.com/olympics/looking-back/garneau-posthumously-awarded-de-coubertin-medal |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Selected bibliography== * ''À toi Richard qui colore avec humour la petite histoire de la radio et de la télévision au Québec'' (1992) * ''Vie, rage... dangereux'' (1993) * ''Les patins d'André'' (1994) * ''Train de nuit pour la gloire'' (1995) * ''À toi... Richard... prise deux. Un Québécois en Bavière'' (1996)

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