Dallas Buyers Club and C.R.A.Z.Y. and first season of the LGBTQ-beloved TV series Big Little Lies, has died at age 58.Vallée, a straight ally, was found dead Sunday at his cabin near Quebec City, The New York Times reports.
The Montreal-born director’s body was discovered by friends who had come to visit him. No cause of death was reported.C.R.A.Z.Y., released in 2005, was a coming-of-age story about a gay man from a large family in Quebec, dealing with homophobia in the 1960s and ’70s.
It won 11 Genie Awards — a Canadian film award — and was commercially successful. It also “catapulted Vallée into a role as a straight spokesperson for gay rights,” notes The Islands’ Sounder, a publication based in Washington State.That role continued with.