Father of Quebec entertainer Gregory Charles dies after being hit by snow plow

MONTREAL — The 77-year-old father of Quebec singer and performer Gregory Charles has died after he was struck by a snow-removal vehicle on Tuesday night.

Charles wrote on Facebook his father, Lennox, died early Thursday, surrounded by family.

He was returning from the daily trip he took to church since his wife died a year ago, when he was hit trying to cross the street in Montreal’s central Ville-Marie borough.

“I cannot find the words to explain the feeling of peace, of light, of love that I felt at the moment of his death,” Charles wrote. “It was as if, in this terrible ordeal, my father found what he so desperately wanted in the moment … to be reunited with the love of his life.”

Lennox Charles had been in hospital in critical condition and his son described the accident as “brutal.”

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Charles is a well-known pianist who has performed around the world and was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 2017.

Investigators have met with the 69-year-old driver of the snow-removal tractor.

Charles paid tribute to his father Thursday as a resolute, strong and tender man.

The Canadian Press