Pierre Légaré

Pierre Légaré (2 June 1949 – 5 October 2021) was a Canadian humorist, writer, and psychologist. Pierre Légaré was born on 2 June 1949 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He received a degree in psychology from the Université de Sherbrooke and practiced as a psychologist before entering comedy in the late 1970s. He wrote for theater, television, and radio. His first solo comedy special, Recherchez Légaré, was released in 1989. He received a Guinness world record for Mots de tête, the "shortest broadcast in the world". Légaré died in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on 5 October 2021. Pierre Légaré completed classical studies at the Séminaire de Saint-Jean (now CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) before obtaining a bachelor's (1972) and master's degree (1973) in psychology at the Université de Sherbrooke. His master's thesis initially focused on behavioral psychology. For ten years, he was a psychologist and consultant in the psychology of organizational development in schools in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In 1977, he obtained a second master's degree and his thesis focuses on students in difficulty when arriving in high school, following the adoption in 1974 of a law from the Ministry of Education making the passage to high school compulsory for all 13-year-olds. He wrote lyrics for his psychedelic musical group "Blanc Deuil" for which he is the guitarist. He started working in humor in the late 1970s, first as a scriptwriter for various radio and television programs, and theater, then as a writer for various artists, including humorists Rolland Magdane, Claudine Mercier, Michel Barrette, and singers Gilles Rivard, Lara Fabian, Richard Séguin, and Judi Richards. He went on stage and did stand-up comedy from 1989 to 2000, producing four one-man shows, and participating in the ensemble cast "Les parlementeries" which parodied the proceedings of the National Assembly of Quebec. Some of his quotes, aphorisms, and witticisms were published in three volumes in the early 2000s.