Notable Canadians who died in 2011
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Notable Canadians of 2011
From soldiers, politicians, entertainers and activists, the lives of many came to an end through out the year. CTVNews.ca takes a look back at famous Canadians who passed away, and left an impact -- positive or negative on the country.
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Peter Donaldson
A veteran of screen and stage, and a lifelong fixture at the Stratford Festival, Peter Donaldson was lauded by his contemporaries as an 'actor's actor.' He died on Jan 8 at the age of 57, ending a two-year battle with lung cancer.
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Al Kozlik
Besides his numerous TV appearances on shows including 'Due South' and 'Night Heat,' actor Al Kozlik was a member of the Shaw theatre festival ensemble for 28 years, appearing in more than 40 productions before he retired in 2010. Kozlik died after suffering a stroke in Niagara-on-the-Lake on January 11. He was 76.
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Sergeant Ryan Russell
Toronto Police Sergeant Ryan Russell, a 35-year-old married father of a two-year-old boy, was killed early on January 12, while attempting to stop a snowplow that had been stolen and driven through the city's downtown. Thousands of police officers, emergency crews, firefighters and members of the public turned out for Russell's funeral less than a week later on January 18.
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Michael Langham
Langham, who served as artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival from 1956 to 1967, was regarded as a giant of 20th-century international theatre credited with boosting the careers of Christopher Plummer, Kate Reid, Brudo Gerussi, William Hutt, Martha Henry, Christopher Newton, and William Shatner. He died in his home in England on January 15, from a chest infection he contracted the month before. He was 91.
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Keith Davey
Keith Davey, a veteran senator who served as the Liberals' campaign director on and off for more than 20 years, died on January 17 in Toronto at the age of 84.
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Jose Kusugak
Among his many lifetime achievements, dedicated Inuit leader and esteemed communicator Jose Kusugak was credited with the success of the Nunavut land-claims agreement. He died from cancer on January 18 at age 60.
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Lois Smith
A former principal dancer, Lois Smith danced with the National Ballet from its inception in 1951 through to 1969. Smith died in Sechelt, B.C. on January 23. She was 81.
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Elizabeth Buhler
When Elizabeth Buhler died in January, just days before her 112th birthday, she was believed to be the oldest person in Canada. She emigrated from Ukraine to Canada in 1926.
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Audrey Best
Audrey Best, the shy political ex-spouse of one-time Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard, ended her three-year battle with breast cancer in a Montreal hospital. She was 50 years old.
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Tommy Longo, grocery chain patriarch
The eldest of the three founding brothers behind Longon brothers Fruit Markets died on January 30, after a brief battle with leukemia. He was 76.
Marketwire photo
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Jim Travers
Jim Travers, whose long career in journalism included stints with Southam News and The Toronto Star, died following a stay in an Ottawa hospital. He was 62.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Toronto Star-Bernard Weil
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Dudley Laws
As a community activist, Toronto's Dudley Laws first courted controversy as a champion of black citizens rights in the late 1980s. The 76-year-old founder of the Black Action Defence Committee died on March 24, after a long battle with kidney disease.
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Cpl. Yannick Scherrer
Cpl. Yannick Scherrer was killed on March 27, when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on a foot patrol in the Panjwaii district. The Montreal native was 24-years-old.
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Roger Abbott
Canadian actor and comedian Roger Abbott, best known for his role on the 'Royal Canadian Air Farce,' died on March 26, after a 14-year battle with leukemia. He was 64.
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Wayne Robson
A veteran of more than 100 Canadian theatre productions, 30 feature films and 120 TV shows, Wayne Robson was perhaps best known for his 12-season run as Mike Hamar on 'The Red Green Show.' His death at 64 came just before his debut at the Stratford Shakespeare festival, where he was set to appear in 'The Grapes of Wrath.'
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John Bottomley
Juno-award winning singer-songwriter John Bottomley died April 6 near his home in Brackendale, British Columbia. He was 50.
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Allan Blakeney
A former Saskatchewan premier, Blakeney's political career made him a key player in the creation of Canada's publicly funded healthcare system, and the late-night dealing that led to the patriation of the constitution in 1982. He died after a short battle with cancer on April 16. He was 85.
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Michael Sarrazin
A Quebec City native, Michael Sarrazin shot to fame with roles alongside such Hollywood heavyweights as Paul Newman, Jane Fonda and George C. Scott ion the 1960s and 70s. Sarrazin, 70, died of cancer in Montreal on April 17.
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Ken Kostick
A self-taught cook, Ken Kostick was best known for his part in the off beat TV show 'What's for Dinner with Ken and Mary Jo.' He died in April, at the age of 58, from acute pancreatitis.
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Willard Boyle
Quebec-born physicist Willard Boyle was awarded the Nobel Prize for his invention of the charge-coupled device, or CCD, that is now ubiquitous in everything from point-and-shoot cameras to the Hubble telescope. Willard died in hospital of natural causes on May 8. He was 86.
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Wallace McCain, food giant co-founder
As co-founder of McCain Foods and chairman of Maple Leaf Foods, Wallace McCain helped turn a small New Brunswick French fry plant into a multibillion-dollar frozen food empire. He died in Toronto on May 13, ending a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
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Bombardier Karl Manning
Bombardier Karl Manning, 31, died in what the military described as a 'non-hostile' 'non-accident' incident on May 28. Manning, a native of Chicoutimi, Que., was an artillery soldier and radar operator, who spent the better part of a nearly completed tour at a remote base amid the desolate hard scrub villages of western Panjwaii.
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Betty Fox
Betty Fox, who took up the cancer crusade following her son Terry's death in 1981, raised more than $500 million for cancer research before she died of an undisclosed illness on June 17.
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Claude Leveillee
Claude Leveillee composed songs for immortal French singer Edith Piaf, his talents as a singer-songwriter saw him revered in his home province as one of the few who helped define Quebec culture. He died on June 9 at the age of 78.
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Master Cpl. Francis Roy
Master Cpl. Francis Roy, who served with the country's special forces regiment, was discovered by fellow soldiers early Saturday at a forward operating base in Kandahar city. The 32-year-old Quebec native died of non-combat injuries in Afghanistan, the military said.
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Violet Large
Nearly a year to the day after she and her husband Allen claimed an $11.2 million lottery windfall -- of which they subsequently gave away 98 per cent -- Nova Scotia's Violet Large died of cancer. She was 79.
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Elwy Yost, TVO Saturday Night at the Movies host
Elwy Yost, who became synonymous with weekend movie nights thanks to his long-running Saturday night series on Ontario's TVO, died in West Vancouver on July 21. He was 85.
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Jack Layton
Just weeks after his surprise announcement he was fighting a new form of cancer, NDP leader Jack Layton died on August 22. Layton, who had just led his party to its best-ever federal election result, was 61 years old.
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Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic
Ambrozic, who emigrated from Slovenia in 1930, served 56 years as a priest and 35 years as a bishop before his death following a lengthy illness on August 26 at the age of 81.
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Wade Belak
Wade Belak, who was set to take part in a skating-related reality TV program following his recent retirement from the NHL, is found dead in a downtown Toronto hotel. Police said his death was 'non-suspicious' and that foul play was not suspected. Belak was 35.
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Frances Bay
Although her career began in the 1930's, Frances Bay was best known for her on-screen banter with Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Sandler. The Canadian-born actress died in a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sept. 15. She was 92.
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Clifford Olson
Canada's most notorious serial killer, who had been serving a life sentence since pleading guilty to the torture, sexual assault and murder of 11 children and youth in B.C.'s lower mainland, died on September 30 of 'apparent natural causes.' He was 71.
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Ralph Steinman
Steinman, 68, died after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer on Sept. 30, just three days before the Nobel Foundation announced its decision to award him and two co-recipients with the Nobel Prize for Medicine. The prize, in recognition of discoveries of a certain type of immune cell called dendritic cells and their role in the immune system, had never been awarded posthumously before.
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Dr. Robert Buckman
An oncologist, author, teacher and media personality, Dr. Robert Buckman was known for his ability to communicate health news in a way that was both accessible and retainable. He died, at age 63, on a flight from his native England to Toronto.
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Reg Alcock
Reg Alcock, a federal and provincial politician from Manitoba who once served as Treasury Board president in Paul Martin's cabinet, dies of a heart attack. He was 63.
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Barney Danson
Danson returned from serving in the Second World War to establish a career as an entrepreneur before launching a political career in the midst of Trudeaumania that ultimately saw hims take the role of defence minister. He died on Oct. 17 in Toronto, at the age of 90.
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Master Cpl. Byron Greff
Master Corporal Byron Greff, who was based in Edmonton with the reconnaissance platoon of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died on October 29 when the Rhino he was travelling in was rammed by an explosives-packed car. Four other NATO soldiers, 8 civilian contractors and 4 Afghan civilians were also killed.
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Const. Garrett Styles
York Regional Police Const. Garrett Styles left behind a wife, two-and-a-half-year-old daughter and nine-week-old son when he was killed after conducting a traffic stop on June 28. He was honoured with a massive memorial service that was attended by thousands of police officers and emergency personnel from across the country.
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