In Memoriam
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Ron Tayor pitched for five teams (Cleveland, St. Louis, Houston, New York, and San Diego) during his 11-year career in the majors, posting a career 3.93 ERA. He's the only Canadian to win two World Series titles with two different teams. After his playing days ended, Taylor went on
Buzz Hargrove was National President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) from 1992 until his retirement in 2008.
Steven Leckie was the lead singer of the legendary Toronto punk band The Viletones.
Brian Wilson was the co-founder and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys.
I just heard the shocking news that Juliette Powell passed away suddenly last week as a result of acute bacterial meningitis. Juliette won the 1989 Miss Canada Pageant where she became the first Black Canadian to hold the title. She went on to become a VJ at MusiquePlus and then
Sly Stone was the multifaceted frontman of Sly and the Family Stone. The group would score hits including "Dance to the Music", "Everyday People", "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "I Want to Take You Higher", "Family Affair" and "If You Want Me to Stay" and acclaimed albums including
Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space who went on to become a high-profile federal politician.
Alf Clausen was the film and television composer who worked on The Simpsons, Moonlighting, The Naked Gun, ALF and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Loretta Swit was the actress best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
Terry Draper was the drummer for Klaatu who c0-wrote "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft".
Rick Derringer first found success with The McCoys, best known for this hit "Hang on Sloopy", before finding solo success with "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and playing on Edger Winter's hits and this gem from The Wrestling Album.
George Wendt was the actor best known for playing Norm Peterson on Cheers.
Joe Don Baker was the actor best known for supporting roles in Guns of the Magnificent Seven and Wild Rovers, before his breakthrough role as Sheriff Buford Pusser in the film Walking Tall, but I'll always remember him as The Whammer in The Natural.
Geoff Rohoman was a broadcaster best known for a lengthy run at Rogers radio stations 1130 NewsRadio, Sportsnet 590 The Fan and 680 NewsRadio. I'm reading about Geoff Rohoman, a 680 NewsRadio reporter who took leave to battle colon cancer. He returned from medical leave to a pink
Chet Lemon played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball, beginning with the Chicago White Sox in 1975, where he played for six years. He was then traded to the Detroit Tigers, where he played the rest of his career from 1982 to 1990.
Ruth Buzzi was best known for her performances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations, but she did a tonne of voiceover, television guest star and Sesame Street work.
Jill Sobule was the singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the Clueless soundtrack.
Mike Peters was the frontman for The Alarm.
Claude Morrison was a founding member of The Nylons who sang tenor from 1978–2017.
Pope Francis was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Wink Martindale was the game show host best known for having hosted Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998. He was also a disc jockey whose rendition of the
Gerry McNamara was the Toronto Maple Leafs scout who in Sweden, where he was initially sent to investigate Inge Hammarström, scouted Börje Salming. He's go on to become General Manager of the Leafs in the 1980s.
Marc Nathan was the music industry veteran who helped discover Kon Kan and Meryn Cadell, and he introduced the Barenaked Ladies to Seymour Stein at Sire. And that's just his Cancon contributions.
Greg Millen played 14 seasons between the pipes in the National Hockey League for six teams: the Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, Chicago Blackhawks, and Detroit Red Wings. Over his NHL career, Millen appeared in more than 600 regular-season games. His broadcasting career includes roles as
Jay North was the child actor who gained fame as Dennis Mitchell on ]Dennis the Menace.
