Posted AT 12:11 AM EDT on 01/12/04
Pierre Berton dies at 84
Canadian author and broadcaster Pierre Berton, one of the country's most recognizable and beloved media personalities, has died at age 84.
Mr. Berton died Tuesday afternoon, said a spokeswoman for Sunnybrook hospital. His long-time friend and associate Elsa Franklin said he had an enlarged heart, congestive heart failure and diabetes, "so these things take their toll."
"He did what he could and he was still writing, but the last two weeks he just went downhill.
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