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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio host brought Fresh Air
Friday, January 31, 2003, Page R15
Toronto -- One of Canada's best-loved radio voices has died.
Bill McNEIL, who was host of such Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
current-affairs shows as Fresh Air and Voice of the Pioneers,
has died at age 78.
A native of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Mr.
McNEIL got his start
as a reporter before switching over to the microphone.
A friend and former colleague, former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
news anchor Knowlton
NASH, worked with Mr.
McNEIL on and off
over the years. Mr.
McNEIL, he said, never forgot his maritime
roots. "You could never get the Cape Breton part out of Bill."
Mr. McNEIL spent 42 years with the corporation. Along the way,
he also wrote six books, one of which was a popular compliation
of material from Voice of the Pioneers.
In the Centennial year of 1967, he drove across the country recording
conversations with Canadians. Many of the encounters were with
Canadians who remembered the early days of homesteading, gold
rushes and world wars and together they chronicled the lives
of pioneers at a time of dwindling numbers.
Mr. McNEIL retired in 1992, though not before his fans twice
filled Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall to hear his last shows.
He died of kidney failure on Wednesday.
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NASH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-08 published
FINDLAY,
Hugh
Muir
Passed away in his sleep, on March 5, 2003, in Toronto. Predeceased
by his deeply missed wife Jean. Survived by his daughter Carole
and her husband Robert
NASH, son Bill and his wife
Cathie, and
son Scott. Also survived by grandchildren Tavis, Kalen and Kira
FINDLAY. He was a leader in the field of media advertising at
an early age and was media director of Cockfield, Brown Advertising
Agency in Montreal. He joined Time Canada Ltd. in 1962 as an
advertising sales rep. and progressed rapidly to become advertising
sales director and then president. After a most successful career,
he retired in 1984. Hugh was well known and greatly respected
by those in the advertising industry. Cremation has taken place,
a private family interment will follow. Donations may be made
to the: Canadian National Institute for the Blind Library for
the Blind, 1929 Bayview Avenue, North York, Ontario M4G 3E8,
in memory of Hugh
FINDLAY.
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NASH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-21 published
The soul of Canadian basketball
The coach who led national teams to Olympics, world championships,
was a well-loved motivator on and off the court
By James CHRISTIE
Monday,
April 21, 2003 - Page R5
Jack DONOHUE knew how to win. His underdog Canadian basketball
teams won games against National Basketball Association-bound
superstars -- and Mr.
DONOHUE won every heart he touched.
The former national basketball coach and famed motivator was
arguably the most beloved figure in Canadian amateur and Olympic
sport. Mr.
DONOHUE died Wednesday in Ottawa after a battle with
cancer. He was 71.
With his trademark New York Irish accent and gift for telling
inspirational and humorous stories, Mr.
DONOHUE was the soul
of basketball in Canada for almost two decades and led the national
team to three Olympic Games and three world championship tournaments.
His great players included a high schooler in New York named
Lew ALCINDOR (later Kareem
ABDUL-
JABBAR;)
Canadian centres Bill
WENNINGTON and Mike
SMREK, who went on to get National Basketball
Association championship rings with Chicago and Los Angeles respectively
Leo RAUTINS, a first-round draft pick of Philadelphia 76ers in
1983; guards Eli
PASQUALE and Jay
TRIANO, who is now assistant
coach with the Toronto Raptors.
"For all he's done for basketball in this country -- not just
with the national team, but with clinics and all his public speaking
he should get the Order of Canada," Mr.
TRIANO said.
Under Mr. DONOHUE,
Canadian teams stayed among the top six in
the world for 18 years. Canada finished fourth at the 1976 Montreal
and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and claimed gold at the 1983 World
University Games in Edmonton. In the process they beat a team
of U.S. college talents that included future National Basketball
Association stars Charles
BARKLEY, Karl
MALONE, Kevin
WILLIS,
Ed PINCKNEY and Johnny
DAWKINS.
The monumental win over the United
States came in the semi-final. The gold medal match was just
as much a stunner, as Canada beat a Yugoslavian team built with
members of the world championship squad.
Globe and Mail columnist Trent
FRAYNE recorded how the loquacious
Mr. DONOHUE had steered the Canucks to the improbable triumph,
making them believe in themselves:
"You've got to appreciate how much talent you have," Jack would
say, hunkering down beside a centre or a guard or, every now
and then, an unwary newshound (Jack is ready for anybody). "You
are unique. Think about that: there's nobody else in the world
like you. If you want to be happy, try to make other people happy.
Hey, if you want to be loved, you must love others. The way to
improve is to do something you have never done. Don't be afraid
of your emotions. Let 'em all hang out. Emotions are your generator.
The intellect is the governor...."
And now, in the seventh month of July, it has all come about
just as Jack promised. On Saturday night in Edmonton, his players,
Jack's Guys, hoisted him upon their shoulders, and, for once,
Jack's jaw was still. Blue eyes blinking rapidly behind silver-rimmed
spectacles, white hair tousled, Jack put the scissors to that
final strand and held the net aloft.
Coaching was a passion, not so much for the trophies, but for
the human victories, personal challenges and little triumphs.
"I remember my father coming home tired and dirty every night.
That's not for me. I love what I'm doing, so it doesn't seem
like work and never will," he said.
Since retiring as national coach in 1988, Mr.
DONOHUE has been
the darling of the motivational speakers' circuit. In that regard,
Mr. DONOHUE never quit being The Coach. He urged captains of
industry to get the most out of themselves and build teamwork
among employees as he did his players.
Often, Mr.
DONOHUE told them to find opportunity even in the
midst of problems: "It's all a matter of attitude. A guy leaves
the house wearing his new, expensive suit for the first time,
trips and falls in a puddle. He can get up and curse; or he can
get up and check his pockets to see if he caught any fish, "
he said in an interview with The Globe and Mail before the Los
Angeles Olympics.
Mr. DONOHUE, who was born June 4, 1931, received a bachelor's
degree in economics at New York's Fordham University and a master
of arts in health education before serving with the U.S. Army
in the Korean War. He began teaching in American high schools
in 1954 and eventually wound up at New York's Power Memorial
Academy, where he coached Mr.
ABDUL-
JABBAR and amassed a 163-30
record.
He later moved up to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts.,
before taking the reins of the Canadian program -- at first coaching
both the men's and women's teams. Mr.
DONOHUE was inducted into
the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He is also in the
New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, and was awarded a Canada
125 medal by the Governor-General.
When the National Basketball Association expanded north into
Canada in 1995, Mr.
DONOHUE became director of international
public relations and director of Canadian player development
for the Vancouver Grizzlies.
One of Mr.
DONOHUE's proudest times in basketball came when Mr.
TRIANO followed in his path as a national coach. At the 2000
Olympics, Canada -- with Steve
NASH and Todd
MacCULLOCH -- finished
with a 5-2 record, defeating mighty Yugoslavia once again, as
it had in 1983.
"We talked about everything from how to guard guys on the perimeter
to dying. I think he's at peace with it," Mr.
TRIANO said of
his mentor at a recent Raptor practice.
"He taught with humour," Mr.
TRIANO said of Mr.
DONOHUE's coaching
style. "We learned a lot because we were laughing all the time."
A colourful broadcaster, naming names -- at least pronouncing
them correctly -- wasn't one of Mr.
DONOHUE's many strengths.
He didn't earn the nickname "Jack Dontknowho" for no reason,
Mr. TRIANO said. "It was always, 'that guy,' or 'you over there,'"
he said. "I've seen him struggle to introduce his kids because
he couldn't remember their names. He always told me he liked
doing colour for the European teams, because no one knew if he
wasn't saying their names right."
He travelled the world, but the dearest sight for Mr.
DONOHUE
was always his own front door, in Kanata, Ontario, where he spent
his last days. Behind that door were wife Mary Jane, his six
kids and his grandchildren.
"We're asking you to hug your families, extra special, and we're
asking you to enjoy life, because we sure did and we still are,"
Mary Jane DONOHUE said this week.
Somewhere, the busy coach found time for all he needed to do.
He used to keep a block on his desk reminding him that there
are 86,400 seconds in a day, time enough if he organized himself.
Family was a priority. At least five minutes of Mr.
DONOHUE's
day had to be reserved for hugging his kids. He was a believer
in family and in human contact. In his coaching years, when he
returned from a road journey, there would be a lineup awaiting
him at home, the kids taking their turns to make up for the lost
minutes of hugging during his absence.
"I met him at a dance he didn't go to," Mary Jane
DONOHUE said
in the pre-Los Angeles Games article. "My girlfriend and I went
and he had several Friends who were very up on it. But Jack said
he'd rather go to a movie and would meet them later. He came
through the door as my girlfriend and I were walking out.
"He asked why we were leaving so soon, and said there were two
gentlemen he wanted us to meet. He introduced my friend to one
of his, then I asked who the other gentleman was supposed to
be. Guess who?"
Mary Jane DONOHUE felt trust instantly. "I could have gone across
the country with him that night and felt safe. If he's for you,
he's for you all the way."
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NASH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-02 published
ROBERTSON,
Josephine
Ann (née
GUTTRIDGE)
Died suddenly in Penetanguishene on Monday, June 30, 2003 in
her 87th year, surrounded by family. Predeceased by her beloved
husband Lorn James. Devoted mother of Jo Anne and husband Ken
McMATH and Gordon and his wife
Linda.
Proud
Granny of Lori-Jo
and husband Tim, Kelly and husband Darrin, Michael, Ian and wife
Rosalie, Kevin and Andrea and husband Dave. Wonderful ''G.G.''
to Brennan, Daniel, McKenzie, Hannah, Harrison, Emily, Sarah,
Jonathan, Tyler and Abby. Loving sister to Roberta (Bob) and
husband Art
NASH and sister-in-law to Gordon and (the late) Florence
ROBERTSON.
She will be greatly missed by extended family and
many close Friends. Visitation at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home
(6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles, North York),
on Thursday, July 3, 2003 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service
will be held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (140 Brooke Street,
Thornhill) on Friday, July 4, 2003 at 11 a.m. Interment Saint John's
Cemetery, York Mills. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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NASH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-12 published
NASH,
Charles
F. -- 78 years, died November 11, 2003 at Windsor
Regional Hospital, Metropolitan Campus. Beloved husband for 24
years of Pat
SLIM.
Loved and respected by his children Craig
NASH,
Windsor;
Heather
NASH, Windsor; and Grant
NASH, Ottawa.
Dearest grandfather of Stephanie and Kimberley. Survived by his
sister Mrs. Gladys
MERCER and sisters-in-law Geraldine
NASH,
Windsor; and Marion
NASH,
Oakville.
Predeceased by brothers George
and Jack NASH.
Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Charles
was president of C.F. Nash Agencies Ltd. and was a respected
manufacturers agent. He was a past president of the Windsor Symphony
and past member of the Board of Goodwill Industries. R.C.N.V.R.
He was also a member of Beach Grove Golf and Country Club. Visiting
in the Walter D. Kelly Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 1969
Wyandotte Street East, on Wednesday 7-9 p.m. and Thursday 2-5
and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel on Friday, November
14, 2003 at 11: 00 a.m. Reverend Paul
ALMOND officiating. Interment
in Victoria Memorial Cemetery. In kindness memorial tributes
to the Hospice of Windsor or the Alzheimer Society would be greatly
appreciated.
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NASH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-30 published
WINTERMEYER,
Elizabeth ''Betty'' (formerly
GREENE, née
LANG)
Peacefully, at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Betty died on Monday, December 29, 2003. She was 87.
Dear sister of Kelly
NASH of London, Sandra
ORR of Waterloo and
Peggy O'BRIEN of Peterborough. She will also be remembered by
members of the
WINTERMEYER family, brother-in-law Bryson ''Spike''
KEARNS of Kitchener and her very special nieces, nephews and their families.
She was predeceased by her husbands, Robert L.
GREENE and John
J. WINTERMEYER, parents Angela (KELLY) and Reinhold
LANG and sisters Ann
KEARNS and Patsy
BEAN.
Friends are invited to share their memories of Betty with her
family at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King Street South,
Waterloo, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, January 2,
2004. Prayers will be said at the funeral home on Saturday, January
3, 2004 at 10 a.m., followed by the funeral mass at St. Louis
Roman Catholic Church, Waterloo, at 10: 30 a.m., Saturday, with
Rev. Robert
LIDDY, C.R. as celebrant. The parish prayer will
be held at the funeral home on Friday evening at 8: 45 p.m. Following
cremation, interment will take place in the
WINTERMEYER family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.
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NASMITH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-27 published
KERNOHAN,
Kathryn▼
Margaret▼ (née
KINNEAR)
Born December 29, 1911 died December 24, 2003 in Toronto, her
birthplace. Beloved wife of the late Gordon E.
KERNOHAN.
Predeceased▼
by her parents Thomas H. and Margaret G.
KINNEAR (née
NASMITH)
and her brother T. Clark
KINNEAR.
Much▼ loved and most loving
mother of Susan
SCACE
(Arthur,)
Kathy and Patrick
KINNEAR (Ginny.)
Adored ''Gammi'' of Jennifer and Patrick, Gordon and Cayleigh,
and Sarah and Maggie. Special Grammi to Matthew, Jonathan and
Adam. Cherished Auntie Kay to Bill
KERNOHAN, the late Dodie
PHILLIPS
Tom, Bob and Bill
KINNEAR and Margo
HYDE. A heartfelt thank you
to all the caregivers at Belmont House over the last ten years.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 12, 2004 at
11 o'clock at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. A reception will
follow. If desired, donations may be made to Timothy Eaton Memorial
Church, 230 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto M4V 1R5, or to a charity
of your choice.
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KERNOHAN,
Kathryn▲
Margaret▲ (née
KINNEAR)
Born December 29, 1911 died December 24, 2003 in Toronto, her
birthplace. Beloved wife of the late Gordon E.
KERNOHAN.
Predeceased▲
by her parents Thomas H. and Margaret G.
KINNEAR (née
NASMITH)
and her brother T. Clark
KINNEAR.
Much▲ loved and most loving
mother of Susan
SCACE (Arthur), Kathy and Patrick (Ginny). Adored
''Gammie'' of Jennifer and Patrick, Gordon and Cayleigh, and
Sarah and Maggie. Special Gammie to Matthew, Jonathan and Adam.
Cherished Auntie Kay to Bill
KERNOHAN, the late Dodie
PHILLIPS
Tom, Bob and Bill
KINNEAR and Margo
HYDE. A heartfelt thank you
to all the caregivers at Belmont House over the last ten years.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 12, 2004 at
11 o'clock at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. A reception will follow.
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