# Richard Garneau

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{{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](/source/Quebec_City), [Quebec](/source/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](/source/La_Soir%C3%A9e_du_hockey)''
|occupation  = radio and television journalist
|nationality =
|awards      = [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada)<br>[National Order of Quebec](/source/National_Order_of_Quebec)<br>[Pierre de Coubertin medal](/source/Pierre_de_Coubertin_medal)
}}
'''Richard Garneau''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ}} (July 15, 1930 &ndash; January 20, 2013) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) sports journalist and writer in [Quebec](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Quebec_City), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), he was best known as the host of ''[La Soirée du hockey](/source/La_Soir%C3%A9e_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](/source/Olympic_Games), seven [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) and four [Pan-American Games](/source/Pan-American_Games).  He was scheduled to participate in the broadcasts of the [2014 Winter Olympic Games](/source/2014_Winter_Olympic_Games).

==Honours==
In 1999, he was awarded the [Foster Hewitt Memorial Award](/source/Foster_Hewitt_Memorial_Award) by the [Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Order_of_Canada).<ref>{{OCC|10989}}</ref>  At the [2014 Sochi Winter Olympics](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics), he was posthumously awarded the [Pierre de Coubertin medal](/source/Pierre_de_Coubertin_medal) for his work in the [Olympic movement](/source/Olympic_Games).<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)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hockey Night in Canada}}
{{Pierre de Coubertin Medal recipients}}

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Category:1930 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Canadian sportswriters
Category:Canadian television sportscasters
Category:French-language Canadian non-fiction writers
Category:Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winners
Category:Journalists from Quebec
Category:Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Category:Members of the Order of Canada
Category:Montreal Canadiens announcers
Category:National Hockey League broadcasters
Category:Recipients of the Pierre de Coubertin medal
Category:Writers from Quebec City
Category:Canadian male non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century Canadian journalists
Category:20th-century Canadian male journalists
Category:21st-century Canadian journalists
Category:21st-century Canadian male journalists

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