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Actress and Acadian icon Viola Léger has died at the age of 92.

She earned a range of awards and honours over the years, including theatre awards, the Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989, the Order of New Brunswick in 2007 and four honorary doctorates.In 2017, Léger suffered a stroke, which led to her withdrawal from public life. Up until the summer before the stroke, she continued to play the role of La Sagouine in Bouctouche.

Martin Théberge, the president of the society, said in the post that he sent his condolences to the family on behalf of Acadie as a whole. "Exceptional actress, extraordinary ambassador, she was for all of us an inspiration and a symbol of tenacity," wrote Thériault. Moncton's Jac Gautreau worked as an artistic director on shows Léger was in. He produced a movie about her life in 2015 called"I got at that time a really more in-depth understanding of who she was," Gautreau said.

 

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