Obituaries

RIP: James Brown

By Bill King | 2007 January 11

Bill King offers a musician's eulogy for the late James Brown.

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RIP: James Brown

By Brian Fawcett | 2007 January 11

Brian Fawcett offers a private eulogy for James Brown

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In Memoriam: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)

By David Banerjee | 2006 May 20

David Banerjee on an economist who gave liberalism a moral dimension.

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Jane Jacobs

By Brian Fawcett | 2006 May 2

Brian Fawcett posts an obituary for Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006

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Bill Cameron 1943-2005 RIP

By Gordon Lockheed | 2005 March 18

Gordon Lockheed wonders what would have happened if Canadian television’s management had used Bill Cameron’s gifts properly…

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Alan Bates R.I.P.

By Brian Fawcett | 2004 January 21

Brian Fawcett remembers British Actor Alan Bates in three memorable roles…

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John Newlove R.I.P.

By Brian Fawcett | 2004 January 11

Brian Fawcett remembers poet John Newlove, who died in Ottawa last week

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On Mordecai Richler’s Death

By Brian Fawcett | 2001 July 28

Brian Fawcett has a look at Mordecai Richler’s eulogizers, and what they got wrong.

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