Name Michel Vastel | Role Journalist | |
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Died August 28, 2008, Bedford, Quebec, Canada Spouse Genevieve Martinet (m. ?–2008) Books Bourassa: A Biography, The Outsider: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, The Nephew : the Making of a Mafia Hitman | ||
Michel Vastel (20 May 1940 – 28 August 2008) was a Québécois journalist and columnist for Le Journal de Montréal and other medias. He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles, Eure, France and immigrated to Canada in 1970.
Vastel began his career in the Nord-Pas de Calais region. He subsequently moved to Montreal. He first worked at the Government of Quebec and the Quebec Employers Council, then began to write for Le Devoir, La Presse, Quebec City's Le Soleil and Ottawa-Gatineau's Le Droit.
He was also contributor for L'actualité, CKAC and the Société Radio-Canada. He died in Bedford, Quebec on August 28, 2008 from throat cancer.
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