Paul Gleason was 67. He was the character actor best known for playing the angry high school principal Richard Vernon in "The Breakfast Club."
March 20, 2026
In Memoriam
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Craig "Ironhead" Heyward was 39. He was a former NFL running back who played for the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles Rams, and the Indianapolis Colts in an 11-year career.
Desmond Dekker was 64. He brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with songs such as "Israelites."
Ian Copeland was 57. He was a pioneering booking agent and music promoter credited with helping launch the "new wave" alternative rock movement of the 1970s and '80s with such bands as the Police, the B-52's and R.E.M.
Freddie Garrity was 69. He was the lead singer of the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers who hit the top of the charts with the 1965 hit "I'm Telling You Now".
Dan Ross was 49. He set the record for most Super Bowl receptions with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1982.
Floyd Patterson was 71. He was a boxer who became the first two-time heavyweight champion of the world.
Lorne Saxberg was 48. During his 27-year career at CBC, he was a widely recognized news anchor in television and radio, who was famous for his deeply sonorous voice and his easy-going delivery.
Earl Woods was 74. He was Tiger Wood's father, the architect and driving force behind his phenomenal career.
John Kenneth Galbraith was 97. He was the University of Toronto graduate who went on to become an influential liberal economist, best-selling author and presidential advisor.
Steve Howe was 48. He was a former major league pitcher whose career took a downward spiral due to substance abuse.
Pat Marsden was 69. He was the former sportscaster best known for his play-by-play coverage of the Canadian Football League telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jane Jacobs was 89. She was the Toronto urban expert and social activist who wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Steve Stavro was 78. He was the owner of Knob Hill Farms whose sports holdings once included his beloved Maple Leafs.
Scott Brazil was 50. He was an Emmy-winning producer-director whose television shows included "The Shield" and "Hill Street Blues."
June Pointer was 52. She was the youngest of the singing Pointer Sisters known for the 1970s and 1980s hits "I'm So Excited," "Fire," and "Slow Hand."
Deshaun "Proof" Holton was 32. He was a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem.
Gene Pitney was 65. He was a singer best known for his 1963 hit "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa."
Stanislaw Lem was 84. He was a popular science fiction writer whose novel Solaris was filmed twice.
Buck Owens was 76. He was the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw."
Bernard Lacoste was 74. He spent more than 40 years at the helm of the Lacoste clothing empire best known for its crocodile-embossed polo shirts.
Bill Beutel was 75. He was a longtime television news anchor and host of the show that became ABC's "Good Morning America."
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey was 88. He played with the Toronto Argonauts, winning the Grey Cup in 1937 and 1938, and he was the Chief Referee of the NHL from 1950 to 1959.
Peter Tomarken was 63. He was the host of the hit 1980s game show "Press Your Luck."
Maureen Stapleton was 80. She was an Oscar-winning character actress whose subtle vulnerability and down-to-earth toughness earned her dramatic and comedic roles on stage, screen, and television.
