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Jake Eberts R.I.P.
September 11, 2012, 1 Comment

Photo: Getty Jake Eberts (The Telegraph) Jake Eberts, who has died aged 71, was a Canadian investment banker credited wi ...

John Flanzer R.I.P.
September 5, 2012, Comments Off on John Flanzer R.I.P.

A very special man, friend and colleague from the days when I sat on the Board of Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE). Erudite, cha ...

Senator John Lynch Staunton 1930-2012 R.I.P.
August 20, 2012, Comments Off on Senator John Lynch Staunton 1930-2012 R.I.P.

> Why he switched: John Lynch-Staunton glances toward Premier Bertrand while speaking in October 1968. The Union Nati ...

Jacques Clément OWN R.I.P.
July 11, 2012, 15 Comments

See also Wednesday-Night.com for photos: “We miss Jacques Clément” [slide show] and for much more on Jacque ...

Nora Ephron 1941-2012 R.I.P.
June 27, 2012, Comments Off on Nora Ephron 1941-2012 R.I.P.

She was not a friend, but we feel as though she were one. She leaves a legacy of bittersweet writing about so many socia ...

Eric (C.E.B.) McConachie 1927-2012 R.I.P.
June 8, 2012, 2 Comments

  See Eric’s page on Wednesday-Night.com     McCONACHIE, Charles Eric Bruce Born in Edmonton on Apr ...

Father Marc Gervais, S.J. R.I.P.
March 31, 2012, 1 Comment

More on Wednesday-Night.com Marc Gervais: Jesuit champion of cinema. 1929-2012. By Alan Hustak (The Metropolitain) Rev. ...

KNUT HAMMARSKJOLD, DIPLOMAT 1922-2012
January 30, 2012, Comments Off on KNUT HAMMARSKJOLD, DIPLOMAT 1922-2012

Globe & Mail: Knut Hammarskjold helped shape international aviation By Alan Hustak The text is the same as the one t ...

Knut Hammarskjöld 1922-2012
January 25, 2012, 7 Comments

Margo Somerville’s message announced the “sad news that Knut died on January 3rd, 13 days before his 90th Bi ...

Francis H. (Frank) Cabot R.I.P.
December 1, 2011, 1 Comment

(New York Times) Francis H. Cabot, a financier and self-taught horticulturalist who created two of the most celebrated g ...

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