All posts in Absent Friends

Jack Layton, R.I.P.
August 27, 2011, Comments Off on Jack Layton, R.I.P.

CBC SPECIAL REPORT: The death and legacy of Jack Layton Layton to be honoured with rare state funeral Layton funeral sho ...

Sally Aitken R.I.P.
August 3, 2011, 1 Comment

Sarah Aitken remembered as fearless Montreal activist and volunteer MONTREAL – Fearless, stubborn, a community sparkpl ...

Wednesday Night #1529 with David & Terry Jones
June 22, 2011, 1 Comment

Scribe’s Prologue Whether by evolution, revolution, domination, greed or other frequently encountered if unworthy ...

W. Lambert (Scot) Gardiner R.I.P.
June 18, 2011, 5 Comments

WILLIAM LAMBERT (SCOT) GARDINER 1935 – 2011 Lambert Gardiner was born in 1935 in Lochwinnoch, Scotland, a small mi ...

May Cutler R.I.P.
March 19, 2011, Comments Off on May Cutler R.I.P.

See also Westmount Independent of March 8-9 May Cutler September 4, 1923- March 3, 2011 By Alan Hustak on March 6, 2011 ...

F. Peter Cundill 1938-2011 R.I.P.
January 29, 2011, 1 Comment

F. PETER CUNDILL FCA, CFA Philanthropist, sportsman, diarist and renowned global value investor. Peter Cundill was born ...

1500 Wednesday Nights – the Remembrance Roll
December 1, 2010, Comments Off on 1500 Wednesday Nights – the Remembrance Roll

There have been 1500 Wednesday Nights (almost 30 years of them) attended by countless individuals. Not all of them signe ...

Stanley Baker R.I.P.
November 1, 2010, 1 Comment

Stanley Baker dies at 87 By Wayne Larsen Last words were “What is this mishegas? I was having such a good time. ...

Ted Sorensen 1928-2010
November 1, 2010, Comments Off on Ted Sorensen 1928-2010

Ted Sorensen, JFK’s speechwriter and defender, dies at 82 By Martin Weil and Emma Brown Washington Post Staff Writ ...

Victor Melnikoff R.I.P.
October 25, 2010, 8 Comments

Victor Melnikoff Victor Michael Melnikoff, lawyer, dance gala impresario (born at Shanghai, China 10 Feb 1944, died at M ...

Wednesday-Night