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Conductor Bernard Labadie on his battle with cancer

1,005 views · Published 22 March 2016 · 17:32 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Q with Tom Power · 2016 · Entertainment

Cancer not only halted Bernard Labadie's conducting career in May 2014, but nearly took his life. Today, Labadie joins guest host Gill Deacon to share how his brush with death profoundly changed him as a man and artist — and what he really cared about as he felt his life slipping away.

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Conductor Bernard Labadie on his battle with cancer

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