Pierre Foglia, 84
Pierre Foglia, star columnist at La Presse for many years, has died. He was 84.
Radio-Canada has his life story, and on Wednesday La Presse is going all out to remember and mourn his voluntary passing after a long illness. As Isabelle Hachey writes, “Pierre Foglia était le meilleur. Le maître incontesté de la chronique au Québec, au Canada et au-delà des frontières connues.”
Foglia’s column about the death of his father in 1993 was reposted to X. Worth reading.
I can’t link to everything La Presse is posting – there’s much more. Everyone at the paper has something to say.
DeWolf 10:12 on 2025-07-30 Permalink
Apparently he applied for visas to both Australia and Canada and only came here because he met his future partner on vacation in Mexico. Imagine if he’d become a beloved Australian columnist instead… hard to fathom.
Kate 11:49 on 2025-07-30 Permalink
Parallel reality fodder for sure.
Orr 18:32 on 2025-07-30 Permalink
Pierre Foglia loved his bicycle, bicycling, and knew what a good bicycle ride was all about.
Kate 09:30 on 2025-07-31 Permalink
I gather he wrote one book, about the Tour de France, but never produced any others, saying his avocation was to be strictly a columnist. And there’s never been a collection of his columns published. You can only read him if you dig into the La Presse archive on the BAnQ site.