Tag: Obituary
8 months ago
telegraph.co.uk

Comedian Mike Yarwood, famous for young Prince Charles impersonations, dies aged 82

Yarwood was a household name in the 1960s and 1970s with his impressions of politicians and other celebrities

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about 1 year ago
thestar.com

Bobby Hull was a great hockey player and a miserable human being. His legacy isn’t complicated

The hockey was indelible, but Hull, who died Monday at age 84, had demons behind closed doors, including a long histo...

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over 1 year ago
thestar.com

She went from undocumented to undeniable. Advocate whose fight against Canadian government reache...

Nell Toussaint, who lived with irreversible sicknesses after Canada denied her essential health care for diabetes and...

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about 2 years ago
thestar.com

The life and times of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

Canadian billionaire Eugene Melnyk made his fortune in pharmaceuticals. But the hockey enthusiast was best known for ...

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

‘Leave a legacy whose impact outlives you’: Journalist and two-time organ transplant recipient Fa...

Despite living with a rare autoimmune disease and receiving her first liver transplant when she was only 11, friends ...

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Bill Davis was the king of a better kind of politics

It is hard to fathom Bill Davis succeeding in the current political environment, but in his day he helped lay the fou...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Tom Davis, owner of The Stockyards Smoker and Larder restaurant, remembered as ‘brilliant food th...

Davis was hit by a vehicle in Negril, Jamaica on Sunday and died in hospital. He was 56.

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Keith Branscombe, who revolutionized the look of the Toronto Star, has died

Branscombe was an assistant managing editor of graphics at the Star in the 1980s and ’90s and led his team to numerou...

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Greek-Canadian businessman Andreas Apostolopoulos remembered as a ‘humble man … only just getting...

Apostolopoulos, was the chairman and CEO of the Triple Group of Companies, having worked his way up from his first jo...

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over 3 years ago
thestar.com

Cookbook author Anita Stewart remembered as ‘the heart of the local food movement in Canada’

Long before eating local became trendy, Anita Stewart sought to teach Canadians where their food came from. The food ...

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