{"id":1957,"date":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:25:47","slug":"claude-lafortune-paper-artist-set-decorator-and-tv-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1957","title":{"rendered":"Claude Lafortune, paper artist, set decorator and TV personality"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Claude_Lafortune.jfif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p>Claude Lafortune   a Canadian paper artist, set decorator and TV personality   died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83,died on 19 April 2020,after contracting the COVID-19 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.\r<\/p><p>\r<\/p><p>\r<\/p><p>A graduate of the \u00c9cole des beaux-arts de Montr\u00e9al, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art.\r<\/p><p>\r<\/p><p>He had an exhibit devoted to his paper art work\u2014titled Colle, papier, ciseaux\u2014at the Mus\u00e9e des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec. The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie and New Brunswick.\r<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claude Lafortune a Canadian paper artist, set decorator and TV personality died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83,died on 19 April 2020,after contracting the COVID-19 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. A graduate of the \u00c9cole des beaux-arts de Montr\u00e9al, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art. 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