Posted AT 4:55 PM EDT on 16/02/07
Praised Canadian animator dead at 63
TORONTO — Ryan Larkin, one of Canada's most praised animators and an Oscar nominee who fell into a life of panhandling on the streets of Montreal, died Wednesday of metastasized lung cancer in Sainte-Hyacinthe, Quebec, said his manager and producer Laurie Gordon. He was 63.
After years in obscurity, Mr. Larkin was recently rediscovered by a new generation of fans and was the subject of the 2004 Oscar-winning animated short Ryan.
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