Quebec crooner made fans swoon

Quebec singer Michel Louvain, a popular entertainer who left his mark on a generation of adoring fans, died Wednesday at age 83.

Louvain was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the beginning of April and his talent agency announced Wednesday that the musical legend died peacefully in his sleep.

Born Michel Poulin, Louvain was a romantic singer who charmed Quebec over a career spanning 60 years. Louvain would make young female fans swoon in the 1960s, like Elvis and the Beatles, charming a generation or two with such love songs as “Buenas noches mi amor,” “Pourquoi donc as-tu brisé mon coeur” and his classic, “La Dame en bleu.”

Louvain had planned a full post-pandemic tour to support his 2019 album, “La Belle Vie.”