There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

In 1996 Bourassa died in Montreal of malignant melanoma at the age of 63 and was interred at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. The Bourassa government also played a major role in rescuing the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal from the huge cost overruns and construction delays. Bourassa lost the 1976 provincial election to René Lévesque leader of the separatist Parti Québécois.

Jean-Robert BourassaGOQ (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɔbɛʁ buʁasa]; July 14 1933 – October 2 1996) was a politician in Quebec Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates first from May 12 1970 to November 25 1976 and then from December 12 1985 to January 11 1994 serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.