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With photo gallery: "Going back to the cave age, human beings have always had this inherent need to express themselves like this and to use walls to tell stories."
Was considered a leading figure in the Montreal underground punk movement of the 1970s and '80s and a pioneer of Quebec street art.
The passing of Zïlon, the man dubbed by some as the "godfather" of street art in Canada, was announced Saturday morning by Beauchamp Art Gallery, which worked closely with him.
Raymond Pilon, a pioneer in Montreal’s street art scene better known as Zilon, has died.