In 1974, René Simard was awarded the Grand Prix by Frank Sinatra at the annual Tokyo Music Festival
Afterwards, Simard had a short-lived career as a Japanese idol singer in Japan
Back to his native country, he hosted his own CBC Television series from 1977 to 1979, produced in Vancouver by Alan Thicke and featuring various international celebrity guests
Since 2006, he hosts the reality television series L'heure de gloire on Radio-Canada
His sister Nathalie was also managed by Cloutier
In 2004, Cloutier was convicted of se*ually assaulting Nathalie when she was a child
Michel Vastel's 2005 book on the case, Briser le silence (Breaking the Silence), alleged that René co-operated with Cloutier in trying to hide the assaults
On November 18, 2005, Simard held a press conference in which he denied these charges
Simard has been married to TV hostess Marie-Josée Taillefer since 1987
In 2014, Simard was named a Member of the Order of Canada "[f]or his contributions to the development of Q culture as a performer, host and director
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