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A quarter-century later, the rock fan and the rock star are partners. As director and co-writer of Tommy the musical, McAnuff helped Townshend resurrect his opus - a pinball portrait of the artist as a young autistic - on the Broadway stage.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 6, 1995
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Jeanne Desjardins. Soprano, teacher, born Montreal 1 May 1903, died there 16 Apr 1961. After studies with Salvator Issaurel, she made her debut in 1923 in Debussy's cantata L'Enfant prodigue at the Monday Concerts sponsored by Raoul Vennat.
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Desmond Hoebig. Cellist, b Vancouver 18 Oct 1961; B MUS (Juilliard) 1981, M MUS (Juilliard) 1982. He studied cello 1968-78 in Vancouver with Ian Hampton, James Hunter, and Jack Mendelsohn, and first appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at eight.
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Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, actor, writer, director (born 8 August 1993 in Kahnawà:ke, QC). Devery Jacobs’s breakout role was in the 2013 Jeff Barnaby film Rhymes for Young Ghouls, and she has gone on to achieve international recognition for her acting and filmmaking. Jacobs is a passionate advocate for Indigenous cultures and representation in movies and television.
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Devina Bailey. Mezzo-soprano, teacher, administrator, b Winnipeg; LRAM 1969, FTCL 1969. Bailey studied with Nina Dempsey, Gladys Whitehead, and Filmer Hubble, singing frequently in the 1950s in public and on CBC radio.
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Christopher Dewdney, poet, writer, artist (b at London, Ont 9 May 1951). Christopher Dewdney once said that the basic themes of his decidedly avant-garde work were science, madness and elegance.
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Dezsö Mahalek. Cellist, teacher, b Hungary, ca 1890, d Vancouver 23 Mar 1961. He studied cello in Hungary and was a child prodigy.
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Di (Diane Ruth) Brandt, poet, writer, professor (b at Winkler, Man, on 31 Jan 1952). Raised in the Mennonite community of Reinland, Manitoba, Di Brandt was educated at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College (Winnipeg), the University of Alberta, and the University of Toronto.
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Diamond Jenness, anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, arctic scholar (born 10 February 1886 in Wellington, New Zealand; died 29 November 1969 in Wakefield, QC).
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Diana (Jean) Krall. Jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, b Nanaimo, BC, 16 Nov 1964. Originally a pianist who sang only occasionally, Diana Krall's sultry delivery of classic love songs from the American songbook helped revitalize the role of the female singer in jazz and spurred record companies to sign other singers who might be able to emulate Krall's worldwide popularity.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 26, 2004. Partner content is not updated.
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Diana McIntosh (b Lowes). Pianist, composer, performance artist, b Calgary 4 Mar 1937; ARCT 1957, LMM 1961, B MUS (Manitoba) 1972.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on September 8, 1997. Partner content is not updated. They kept trying to take her picture even after the car stopped careening off the concrete wall, even as she lay dying in the back of its tortured chassis. She was their prey.
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He has her look, the one that gave her so vulnerable an air, that slow, shy upturned glance from a downturned head. He has her eyes, too, blue as an English summer sky. The blond hair is the same, as is the quiet smile, the fluid walk, the long, lean figure.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 31, 1998
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Diane Elaine Clement (née Matheson), OC, track and field sprinter (born 27 September 1936 in Moncton, New Brunswick). Diane Clement held numerous Canadian sprinting records and won a bronze medal for Canada in the women’s 4x110 yard relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1956, she became the first athlete born in New Brunswick to represent Canada at an Olympic Summer Games. In 1959, she became the first female coach of the University of British Columbia women’s track and field team. She was also the first female president of an athletic federation in Canada and the first woman to be the honorary vice-president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation Congress. Clement has been inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and is a Member of the Order of Canada.
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