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Indomitable adventurer Sarah Doherty skied and climbed mountains on one leg
Sarah Doherty during ski race at Winter Park, CO., 1985. Courtesy of the Family
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Laverne & Shirley actor Cindy Williams dies at 75
FILE - JANUARY 30: Actor Cindy Williams, who played Shirley Feeney in "Laverne & Shirley," has died. She was 75 years old. HOLLYWOOD - AUGUST 12: Actors Penny Marshall (L) and Cindy Williams pose at a reception after a ceremony honoring each of them with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 12, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
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‘Laverne & Shirley’ actor Cindy Williams dies at 75
FILE - JANUARY 30: Actor Cindy Williams, who played Shirley Feeney in "Laverne & Shirley," has died. She was 75 years old. HOLLYWOOD - AUGUST 12: (L-R): Actors Jack Klugman, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams attend the ceremony honoring each actress with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 12, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
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Hall of Famer Bobby Hull was a man who personified hockey and forever changed the game
Bobby Hull, then playing for the Chicago Black Hawks, sports a toothless smile in 1962.
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Azure magazine co-founder Nelda Rodger created a vital showcase for Canadian design
Nelda Rodger. Credit: Brandon Edgar Allen
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Hazel McCallion, Mississauga’s ‘Hurricane,’ rode the winds of public opinion
Shahid Rassam's painting of Hazel McCallion was unveiled in 2012, during her 12th and final term as mayor of Mississauga.
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Photographer George S. Zimbel captured human moments, whether shooting celebrities or ordinary people
Photographer George S. Zimbel
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Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley fought for the rights of people with disabilities
Lieutenant Governor David Onley delivers the throne speech at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday February 19, 2013, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Nursing professor Gina Browne led research into health care for vulnerable people
Gina Browne, January 2015. Courtesy of the Family
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Wrongfully convicted Randy Druken’s case led to justice reforms in Newfoundland and Labrador
ONE-TIME USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGE OB-DRUKEN -- Randy Druken, shown in 2002 file photo, who was wrongfully convicted in the death of Brenda Young, has died. Sources say the 57-year-old died late Tuesday, Dec. 27, at a St. John’s residence, with no foul play suspected. Druken spent close to seven years in prison after being convicted of murder, before he was exonerated by DNA evidence. His girlfriend, Brenda Young, was stabbed to death at her Empire Avenue home in 1993 and Druken's conviction was based largely on the evidence of a jailhouse informant who testified Druken had confessed to the murder. The informant later admitted fabricating the story. Druken was eventually exonerated by newly examined DNA evidence that placed his brother, Paul Druken, at the murder scene. Paul Druken died in 1999.Credit: Keith Gosse / The Telegram
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Scholar David E. Smith had an abiding passion for this country’s political institutions
David E. Smith, professor of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan for forty years (1964-2004). Courtesy of the Family. NB: small file size.
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Marine geologist Alan Ruffman shed new light on several historic disasters
Marine geologist and Titanic researcher Alan Ruffman is seen in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Tuesday April 3, 2012. The author and academic was involved with identifying the "unknow child", Sidney Leslie Goodwin, who perished in the disaster. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Vickie Cammack developed real-life social networks to support vulnerable people
November 18, 2008. Surrey, BC. Vickie Cammack, Executive Director of the PLAN Institute is being honoured in what's called the Champions category, women who are agents of change in Canada. Photo by Laura Leyshon / The Globe and Mail
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Holocaust educator ‘passed the torch of remembrance’
Gerda Frieberg, a Holocaust survivor, educator and staunch human rights advocate. After surviving a Nazi concentration camp as a teen, Mrs. Frieberg went on to co-found what is known today as the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, which has taught thousands of students and others of all personal and religious backgrounds about Nazi atrocities to ensure that the victims are never forgotten. Photo: Elliot Sylman
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Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of ‘80s and ‘90s, dies at 56
FILE - Tatjana Patitz wears a creation of Lavera as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael's “Freedom! '90” music video, has died at age 56. (AP Photo/dpa, Joerg Carstensen, File)
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B.C. rock critic Tom Harrison was a champion of the West Coast music scene
Tom Harrison, Vancouver Province music critic, September 30, 2004. Credit: LES BAZSO/ Vancouver Province
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British novelist, screenwriter Fay Weldon dies at 91
FILE - Author Fay Weldon attends the South Bank Awards, at the Savoy Hotel in London, Jan. 25, 2001. Author Fay Weldon, known for works including The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil and Praxis, has died, her family said Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023, aged 91. The novelist, playwright and screenwriter's body of work includes more than 30 novels as well as short stories and plays written for television, radio and the stage. (Fiona Hanson/PA via AP, File)
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Composer Joseph Koo, linked to ‘Golden Era’ of Hong Kong culture, dies in Vancouver
Joseph Koo, shown in a handout photo, one of Hong Kong's most respected composers, has died at the age of 91. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ken Koo **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dead from cancer at 45
FILE - DECEMBER 31, 2022: Jeremiah Green, co-founder and drummer of the band Modest Mouse, has died at the age of 45 after a battle with cancer. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 04: Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse performs on stage during Audacy Beach Festival at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on December 04, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Audacy)
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Benedict XVI, history’s first pope emeritus, dies at age 95
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Albert Reichmann and his brothers built Toronto-based Olympia & York into a global commercial juggernaut
Albert Reichmann, January 21, 1988. Photo by Erik Christensen / The Globe and Mail.
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Brazil’s Pele, one of greatest players in soccer history, dies at 82
FILE - In this June 21, 1970 file photo, Brazil's Pele, center, is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup soccer final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, Mexico. Brazil's third World Cup triumph meant it kept the Jules Rimet trophy for good. The 21st World Cup begins on Thursday, June 14, 2018, when host Russia takes on Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo, file)
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Pele, Brazil’s mighty king of the ‘beautiful game,’ dies at 82
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian soccer legend Pele shows off his six domestic championship medals at a Brazilian soccer confederation event recognising the previous incarnations of the Brazilian soccer championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos/File Photo
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Company’s Coming cookbooks author Jean Pare dies in Edmonton at age 95
Jean Pare is seen in an undated handout photo. Pare, an Alberta-born mother of four whose "Company's Coming" cookbooks have become ingredient-stained fixtures on kitchen shelves around the world, has died at age 95. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-*MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Michael Marrus, noted historian and scholar of the Holocaust, dead at 81
Michael Marrus, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto Pictures taken on July 23, 2001 Photos by Tibor Kolley / The Globe and Mail
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Scoring dynamo helped Canada win 1961 world hockey championship
Jackie McLeod #14 of the New York Rangers autographs a hockey stick for fans during the 1950-51 National Hockey League (NHL) season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo credit: Imperial Oil-Turofsky/Hockey Hall of Fame)
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New Brunswick singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard wrote hit song ‘Something to Talk About’
This undated photo provided by Eric Alper shows Shirley Eikhard. The singer-songwriter who supplied songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins and found lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67. Eikhard died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario, due to complications from cancer, said publicist Eric Alper. (Courtesy of Eric Alper via AP)
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Veteran actor Louis Negin became a muse for director Guy Maddin
Actor Louis Negin is photographed at his home in Toronto, Ont. Sept. 19, 2007. Negin appears in Guy Madden's new film. Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
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Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63
Horace, left, and Terry Hall, from The Specials perform during the filming for the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London on Sept. 25, 2019. Hall, the lead singer of The Specials, died at the age of 63 following a brief illness, the band announced late Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (Isabel Infantes/PA via AP)
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London Knights centre Abakar Kazbekov dead at age 18
London Knights President Dale Hunter, (left to right) Leigh Salters, John Tavares, Michael Del Zotto and General Manager Mark Hunter attend a news conference where the Knights' new players were introduced by the OHL team in London, Ont., Friday January 9, 2009. The London Knights made a huge splash on the eve of the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline Thursday, acquiring Tavares from the Oshawa Generals, the team he's played spectacularly for since entering the league. Defenceman Michael Del Zotto and goaltender Daryl Borden were also dealt to London in exchange for forward Christian Thomas, the son of former NHLer Steve Thomas, defenceman Scott Valentine, goaltender Michael Zador, along with the six draft picks _ London's four second-round picks for the next four years, and the Knights third round picks in both 2010 and 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Dave Chidley
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Vital and prolific composer John Beckwith was an authority on Canadian music
Composer John Beckwith. Photo by André Leduc
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Catholic nun taught inmates to find freedom through Zen meditation
Sister Elaine MacInnes who taught Zen meditation to prisoners. Photo credit: Ron Csillag
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Czech-Canadian scientist Josef Svoboda helped uncover secrets of the Arctic
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Canadian songwriter Shirley Eikhard who penned ‘Something to Talk About’ dies at 67
Shirley Eikhard is seen in an undated handout photo. Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard, whose wrote Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About" has died at 67. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Eric Alper, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Peter Fowler, sports medicine expert, was a pioneer in arthroscopic knee surgery
SPORTS MEDICINE -- The Fowler Kennedy Sport Clinic at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Dr. Peter Fowler looks at leg of Ainsley Tomczyk, 15, June 11, 1997. She has a skating injury. Photo by Edward Regan / The Globe and Mail
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Jim Carr, Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister, dies at 71 after long illness
Jim Carr, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for the Prairies, speaks to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh