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David Bailey, Olympian and pharmacologist who discovered the grapefruit effect, dead at age 77
Dr. David Bailey, shown holding a grapefruit in 2017, was a Canadian Olympic runner and a pharmacologist who made the game-changing discovery that consuming grapefruit juice has an effect on how the body reacts to various medications. Courtesy of Lawson Health Research Institute.
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Award-winning documentary cameraman Michael Sweeney offered ‘much more than pictures’
Cinematographer Mike Sweeney, who worked for the CBC and other organizations. Credit: Andrew Gregg
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Arts-loving philanthropist gave an enduring legacy to Queen’s University
Isabel Bader. Credit: Queen’s University
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Gifted renegade Ken Lefolii helped invigorate Canadian journalism
Ken Lefolii, undated. Courtesy of the Family
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Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies
FILE - SEPTEMBER 14, 2022: It was reported that Ken Starr, a former federal judge who led the investigation against former President Bill Clinton during the 1990s Whitewater probe, has died at 76 due to complications from surgery. Starr also joined former President Donald Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment trial. WASHINGTON, : Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on impeachment inquiry 19 November on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Starr is expected to testify that US President Bill Clinton misused "the machinery of government" to illegally interfere with the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit and Starr's criminal investigations. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO by Luke FRAZZA (Photo credit should read LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty Images)
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William Klein, American photographer in Paris, dies at 96
This photo provided by William Klein's family shows a self-portrait of American photographer William Klein in1993, painted by the artist on a contact sheet. Klein whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the second half of the 20th century, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 in Paris at 96. (William Klein via AP)
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Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87
FILE - Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
FILE PHOTO: French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard listens to question during a press conference for his film entry 'Notre Musique' which is screened out of competition at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, May 18, 2004. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
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Gerald Potterton, Oscar-nominated NFB animator who worked on Yellow Submarine, dies at 91
Gerald Potterton during the production of The Railrodder in 1965. Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada
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Queen Elizabeth, the monarch of modernity, has died
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Sharp-witted writer Helen Potrebenko explored class divisions and everyday misogyny
Helen Potrebenko, poet and author. Handout
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Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102
FILE - In this Jan. 8 2013 file photo, literary agent Sterling Lord speaks during an interview in his New York office. The uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102. Lord died Saturday, Sept 3, 2022 in a Skilled Nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
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Pat McGeer, B.C. Social Credit cabinet minister, brain scientist and athlete, dies at 95
Vancouver, BC - August 5, 2008 - Pat McGeer, a former B.C. cabinet minister, stands over top a model in his Vancouver home August 5, 2008 displaying a proposed crossing from Greater Vancouver to Vancouver Island The crossing consists of a tunnel from a jetty extending from Richmond and then a 24km floating bridge to Valdes Island with a hop to Gabriola Island and another hop to Vancouver Island. Jeff Vinnick-Globe and Mail
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Literary critic and writer Stan Dragland was ‘a lover of books, a lover of song’
Canadian poet and novelist Stan Dragland, c. 2008. credit Beth Follett.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev, reformist Soviet leader, is dead at 91
The last ruling President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev leaves his handprints in plaster cast bolted onto an original Wall piece from former Checkpoint Charlie border crossing on November 7, 2014 in Berlin at event organised by Cinema for Peace. Germany kicked off celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall Friday, set to culminate in rock stars and freedom icons joining millions at an open-air party. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gifted author gathered and preserved Inuit oral history
Dorothy Harley Eber. Courtesy of the Family
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Business guru David Leighton helped Banff Centre blossom and led NAC out of turmoil
David Leighton, is enjoying his recent retirement from the National Arts Centre at his home along the Thames River near London, Ontario, May 23, 2006. Photo by GEOFF ROBINS / The Globe and Mail
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Champion golfer was also a course architect
FILE - In this May 24, 1980, file photo, Tom Weiskopf wedges from the first green during the third round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Weiskopf has died of pancreatic cancer. His wife says Weiskopf died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 at their home in Big Sky, Montana. (AP Photo/File)
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Powerful francophone executive oversaw creation of BCE
CELLULAR PHONE RIVALS RING UP SALES -- A. Jean de Grandpre, Chairman of BCE, demonstrates cellular radio-telephone in car application during Bell Cellular inaugural ceremonies, June 25, 1985. Cellular radio-telephone service starts on Monday, July 1, in Montreal and Toronto, marking a new stage in the 18-month rivalry for subscribers by Cantel Inc. and Bell Cellular. Photo by Barrie Davis / The Globe and Mail
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Entrepreneur Mel Hoppenheim gave an early boost to Canada’s film and TV industry
Mel Hoppenheim accepts the Academy Achievement Award at the 2010 Genie Awards. Credit: Chris Young