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Gordon Lee Atkins, architect (b at Calgary, Alberta 5 March 1937), was raised in Cardston, Alberta. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle (1955-60), graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1960, and won the Faculty Medal for Excellence in Design.
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, CC, OOnt, singer, songwriter, guitarist (born 17 November 1938 in Orillia, ON; died 1 May 2023 in Toronto, ON). Gordon Lightfoot is one of the most acclaimed and respected songwriters of the 20th century, and one of the most significant musicians Canada has produced. The country’s top male recording artist of the 1970s, Lightfoot first drew attention in the mid-1960s when his songs were covered by Ian and Sylvia and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. Lightfoot achieved stardom as a solo artist with such hits as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway” and “Rainy Day People.” His albums have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He won 12 Juno Awards from 28 nominations, including Male Vocalist of the Year four times (1971–73, 1975) and Folksinger of the Year five times (1970, 1975–78). He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the US Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and Canadian Folk Music Walk of Fame, among many other honours.
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Gordon (Meredith) Lightfoot. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Orillia, Ont, 17 Nov 1938; honorary LLD (Trent) 1978. As a boy soprano in Orillia, Lightfoot performed on local radio, in oratorio and operetta, and in Kiwanis festivals.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 30, 2012. Partner content is not updated. Gordon Lightfoot doesn't much like his house. It's a generic monster home in the posh enclave of Toronto's Bridle Path, and barely older than his car, a 2001 Chevy Malibu, of which he speaks more fondly. ("It runs like a top. Just got a new set of brakes put on.")
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Gordon (Clarke) Macpherson. Pianist, conductor, b Moose Jaw, Sask, 14 Nov 1924; LRCT 1949, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1953, M MUS (Indiana) 1974.
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Gordon (John) Manley. Pianist, b Vancouver 1 Aug 1915, d New York 1 Jan 1968. His early training in Vancouver was followed by study in New York with Sigismund Stojowski, at the Mannes School, and with Egon Petri.
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Gordon McLean. Pianist, teacher, b Winnipeg, 6 Oct 1909; LAB 1926, LRAM 1938, ARCM 1938. He studied piano with Leonard Heaton in Winnipeg, Alberto Guerrero in Toronto, Rudolph Ganz in Chicago, and, following World War II service in The Army Show, with Louis Kentner and Claudio Arrau in London.
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Gordon Merritt Shrum, OC, OBE, physicist (born 14 January 1896 in Smithville, ON; died 20 June 1985 in Vancouver, BC).
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Monahan, Gordon. Composer, pianist, b Kingston, Ont, 1 Jun 1956; BA music (Mount Allison) 1980. He studied physics 1974-6 at the University of Ottawa and music 1976-80 at Mount Allison, where his teachers included Michael R. Miller (composition) and Janet Hammock (piano).
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His political career began in 1984 with his election to Vancouver City Council. Two years later, Campbell became mayor, an office he held until 1993. During that time, he also served as president of the Union of BC Municipalities and chaired the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
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Gordon Murray, surgeon (b at Stratford, Ont 29 May 1894; d at Toronto 7 Jan 1976). Murray's medical training was interrupted in 1917 when he became an artillery man and went overseas to fight at Ypres, the Somme and Vimy Ridge.
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Gordon Neil Fisher, publisher (b at Montréal 9 Dec 1928; d at Toronto 8 Aug 1985). Fisher was president of SOUTHAM INC, one of the largest newspaper chains in Canada. He attended Lower Canada College, Trinity College School and McGill, where he studied engineering.
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Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC, actor, writer, director (born 12 July 1930 in Grand Falls, NL; died 25 February 2023). A cultural icon in his native Newfoundland, Gordon Pinsent was a fixture in Canadian film, theatre and television for more than 60 years. Often described as a Renaissance man, the former soldier and noted painter rose to prominence as the lead in CBC-TV’s Quentin Durgens, M.P. (1966–69). He adapted two of his novels, The Rowdyman and John and the Missus, to the big screen, starring in both and directing the latter. His more than 150 credits as an actor include the movies The Shipping News (2001), Away from Her (2006) and The Grand Seduction (2013), as well as the TV series Street Legal, Due South, The Red Green Show and Republic of Doyle. A Companion of the Order of Canada and an inductee to Canada’s Walk of Fame, Pinsent won a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2004 and numerous lifetime achievement awards.
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Gordon Rayner, painter (born 14 June 1935 in Toronto, ON; died 26 September 2010 in Toronto, ON).
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Gordon Roy McGregor, engineer, aviator, airline executive (b at Montréal 26 Sept 1901; d there 8 Mar 1971). After attending McGill University, he joined Bell Telephone Co of Canada as an engineer in 1923, where he remained until joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1938.
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