What is Jacques Lacoursière?
[[File:Jacques Lacoursière 2010.jpg|thumb|Jacques Lacoursière at the 2010 Montreal Book Fair]] '''Jacques Lacoursière''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ}} (1932 – 1 June 2021) was a Canadian television host, author and historian. Lacoursière was born in [[Shawinigan, Quebec|Shawinigan]], [[Quebec]]. He was known for making historical documentaries about Quebec such as ''Épopée en Amérique : une histoire populaire du Québec''.<ref>[http://www.septentrion.qc.ca/catalogue/auteurs.asp?DevID=115 Lacoursière, Jacques, Septentrion]</ref> He died on 1 June 2021, at the age of 89.<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1749755/historien-jacques-lacoursiere-deces-biographie Le grand historien Jacques Lacoursière n'est plus] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Lacoursière was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868|title=Governor General to invest 48 recipients into the Order of Canada, Governor General of Canada|access-date=2007-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116203146/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868|archive-date=2008-11-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacoursiere, Jacques}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian historians]] [[Category:Canadian television presenters]] [[Category:Writers from Quebec]] {{bio-stub}}