Daniel Pinard

{{Short description|Canadian radio and television presenter (1942–2024)}}

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| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| nationality = Canadian

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Daniel Pinard (1942 – 2 October 2024) was a Canadian radio and television presenter and author.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 October 2024|title=L'animateur Daniel Pinard est décédé à l'âge de 82 ans|trans-title= |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2109386/animateur-daniel-pinard-deces|language=French|work=Ici Radio-Canada Télé|location= |access-date=3 October 2024}}

Biography

Born in 1942, Pinard's father was politician Roch Pinard.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 October 2024|title=L'animateur Daniel Pinard, connu pour ses émissions gastronomiques, s'éteint à 82 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesaffaires.com/dossiers/reunions-et-congres-2024/lanimateur-daniel-pinard-connu-pour-ses-emissions-gastronomiques-seteint-a-82-ans/|language=French|work=Les Affaires|location= |access-date=3 October 2024}} An open homosexual, Pinard outwardly made jokes about his sexual orientation and defended LGBTQ+ rights. His career in media spanned from the 1970s to the 2000s.{{cite news |last=Morin|first=Isabelle|date=2 October 2024|title=La recette de l'anticonformisme|trans-title= |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/2024-10-02/daniel-pinard-1942-2024/la-recette-de-l-anticonformisme.php|language=French|work=La Presse|location= |access-date=3 October 2024}}

Pinard died of a pulmonary embolism at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, on 2 October 2024.{{cite news |last=Morin|first=Isabelle|date=2 October 2024|title=La recette de l'anticonformisme|trans-title= |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/2024-10-02/daniel-pinard-1942-2024/la-recette-de-l-anticonformisme.php|language=French|work=La Presse|location= |access-date=3 October 2024}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 October 2024|title=Daniel Pinard, un communicateur marquant pour la cuisine québécoise|trans-title= |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10188499/2460-daniel-pinard-1942-2024|language=French|work=Ici Radio-Canada Télé|location= |access-date=3 October 2024}}

Mediography

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Le 60 (Ici Radio-Canada Télé, 1975–1977)
Télémag (Ici Radio-Canada Télé, 1977–1981)
Consommaction (Télé-Québec, 1992–1995)
Fleurs et jardins (TVA, 1995–?)
Ciel, mon Pinard! (Télé-Québec, 1998–2000)
Les pieds dans les plats (Télé-Québec, 2000–2002)
Jean-Louis Millette, portrait d'un comédien
Du cœur au ventre (Ici Radio-Canada Télé, 2007–2009){{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/television/du_coeur_au_ventre/index.shtml|title=Du coeur au ventre|work=Ici Radio-Canada Télé|language=French}}