Sly Dunbar was a drummer best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
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Known simply as Valentino, he was the Italian fashion designer known for his luxury fashion house.
Scott Adams was the cartoonist who created Dilbert. Dilbert was cool, but at some point Scott Adams called Black Americans a "hate group" and suggested white Americans "get the hell away from Black people" in response to a conservative organization's poll purporting to show that many African Americans do not
Bob Weir was a founding member of the Grateful Dead. It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues. For over sixty years, Bobby
T.K. Carter was an actor from The Thing, Punky Brewster, and Good Morning Miss Bliss, but I'll always remember him best as Gary McCullough in The Corner.
Ruth Jones McVeigh started the Mariposa Folk Festival, North America’s longest-running folk festival.
Glenn Hall, nicknamed "Mr. Goalie," was a Hall of Fame goaltender known for his incredible durability, playing 502 consecutive games without a mask for the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues, winning the Calder, Vezina, and Conn Smythe Trophies, and a Stanley Cup, establishing himself as one
Bob Pulford played primarily for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1956–1970, winning four Stanley Cups in 1962, ‘63, ‘64 and ‘67. He then finished his playing career with the Los Angeles Kings from 1970–1972. After retiring as a player, Pulford coached the Kings from 1972–1977, winning the
David Branch was commissioner of the OHL for 45 years, from 1979 until his retirement in 2024. He also held the role of CHL president from 1996 to 2019, helping shape major junior hockey across Canada.
Isiah Whitlock Jr. was the actor I knew best for his role as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on The Wire. Sheeeeeeeee-it!
Brigitte Bardot was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist who was one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution.
Annette Dionne was the last surviving Dionne quintuplet.
Jack Pedler drummed for Teenage Head for over 20 years until he was replaced by Gene Champagne. He also drummed for Buxton Kastle, The Mercy Brothers, Ray Materick, Dave Rave, Coyote Shivers, and Daniel Lanois.
Chris Rea was the singer-songwriter and guitarist who is now best known for his popular Christmas song Driving Home For Christmas, but he also recieved radio play for Road to Hell, Auberge, and On the Beach.
James Ransone is the actor I knew best as Ziggy Sobotka on The Wire. Here's my review of season two of The Wire, which heavily featured the character. I also enjoyed him as Cpl. Josh Ray Person in Generation Kill.
Gil Gerard was the actor best known for playing the titular character in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".
Michael Whalen was at TSN since its launch acting as a rinkside reporter for Montreal Canadien games from 1987 until his retirement in 2007. Prior to joining TSN, he was a science and medicine reporter for CFCF-TV in Montreal. Here's his old TSN.ca biography: Michael Whalen is one of
Anthony Geary was best known as a soap opera actor, most famously portraying Luke Spencer in General Hospital. He also appeared in Weird Al Yankovic's UHF as Channel 62 engineer Philo.
Rob Reiner was the son of Carl Reiner who gained fame as Mike "Meathead" Stivic on All In the Family before directing such gems as This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men.
Sophie Kinsella sold 50 million books from her popular "Shopaholic" series.
Raul Malo was the lead singer of the Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles.
Toronto-born Frank Gehry was the acclaimed architect who designed a new facade for the Art Gallery of Ontario on Dundas Street and whose works include Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.
Steve Cropper was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. He also acted as the producer of many of these records.
Tom Stoppard was the playwright and screenwriter best known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, Rock 'n' Roll, and Leopoldstadt.
Fuzzy Zoeller was the golfer who won the 1979 Masters and 1984 US Open.
