John Allan Cameron was 67. He was the Cape Bretoner who helped spread the gospel of Celtic music across Canada and beyond.
March 20, 2026
In Memoriam
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Robert Altman was 81. He was the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M*A*S*H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions.
Ruth Brown was 78. Her recordings of Teardrops in My Eyes, 5-10-15 Hours and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s.
Bo Schembechler was 77. He was the winningest coach in University of Michigan football history.
Milton Friedman was 94. He was the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of three U.S. presidents.
Jack Palance was 87. He was the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned to comedy at 70 with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers."
Ed Bradley was 65. He was a journalist who began reporting for CBS News in 1967.
Jackie Parker was 74. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and won three Grey Cups with the Edmonton Eskimos.
William Styron was 81. His 1979 novel "Sophie's Choice" was made into an acclaimed film and he won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Confessions of Nat Turner".
P.W. Botha was 90. He was the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation.
Red Auerbach was 89. He coached the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s.
Trevor Berbick was 52. He ended the career of Muhammad Ali when he defeated the legendary boxer in 1981 and he went on to become the world heavyweight champion in 1986 before losing the title to Mike Tyson that same year.
Joe Niekro was 61. He was a former major league pitcher who twice won twenty games in a season and is Houston's career victory leader.
Jane Wyatt was 96. She was the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms.
Lister Sinclair was 85. He had a storied career at the CBC, working as a host, playwright and panellist.
Freddy Fender was 69. He was the singer best known for his country hit Before The Next Teardrop Falls.
Sid Adilman was 68. He was the long-time Toronto Star entertainment writer widely regarded as one of the greatest champions of Canadian movies, music, books and television.
Gino Empry was 83. He was a long-time Toronto entertainment promoter and an icon in the international artistic community who represented some of the biggest names in show business, including Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Bob Hope and Ella Fitzgerald.
Cory Lidle was 34. He pitched for the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinatti Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees going 12-15 for the Jays in 2003.
Ed Benedict was 94. He was the legendary animator who put life, love and laughter in TV cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Yogi Bear.
Ian Scott was 72. He was the former Ontario attorney general who helped orchestrate the end of the Conservative party’s 40-year-rule in the Ontario legislature.
Tamara Dobson was 59. She was the tall, stunning model-turned-actress who portrayed a strong female role as Cleopatra Jones in two "blaxploitation" films.
R. W. Apple was 71. He was the colorful New York Times correspondent who charted the fall of Richard Nixon and covered wars from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf while having a parallel career as a food and travel writer.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino was 90. She was accused of being "Tokyo Rose" who helped the Japanese propaganda effort during the Second World War by making anti-American radio broadcasts.
Byron Nelson was 94. He was golf's elegant "Lord Byron" whose 11 straight tournament victories in 1945 stand as one of sports' most enduring records.
