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Obituaries
From 2008-2013, I wrote dozens of obituaries on notable Canadians for the Globe and Mail, winning two awards.
Below are four of the obituaries.


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Zev Asher 
Published Sep. 27, 2013

Montreal musician and filmmaker's wild musical stage personas belied a shy personality, while his documentaries unearthed provocative subjects.




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Nelly Arcan 
Published Oct. 6, 2009

Montreal novelist wrote frankly about sex and, in a tragic irony, suicide.  



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Neil Chotem
Published  Apr. 29, 2008

Saskatchewan-born clasical musical prodigy would go 
on to become mentor for Québécois iconic rock band Harmonium.  


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Annette Herscovics
Published Oct. 11, 2008

Herscovics came to be known as one of the Hidden Children. As a young Jewish girl, Herscovics survived the war by hiding out in Vichy France with her mother under assumed identities but had to deal with a Nazi sympathizer in her village who was pondering calling them out on their story.