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    Leo Kolber

    Ernest Leo Kolber, OC, businessman, philanthropist, senator (born 18 January 1929 in Montreal, QC; died 9 January 2020 in Montreal). Leo Kolber was a pillar of Canada’s business, political and philanthropic communities for more than 50 years. He was perhaps best known as a long-time advisor to the Bronfman family. Kolber also ran the successful real estate firm Cadillac Fairview Corporation, as well as holding companies that administered the Bronfman family trust. He served in the Senate of Canada from 1983 to 2004, most notably as chairman of the Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. He was also the Liberal Party’s chief fundraiser for many years and chair of the Advisory Council on National Security from 2005 to 2007. An Officer of the Order of Canada, he was recognized for his many charitable and philanthropic contributions.

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    Léo Le Sieur

    Léo Le Sieur. Organist, pianist, composer, b Lowell, Mass, of French-Canadian parents, 21 May 1897, d Montreal 7 May 1983. He studied piano, organ, and theory but began his career as a singer.

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    Léo Major

    Léo Major, DCM and Bar, soldier and war hero (born 23 January 1921 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, died 12 October 2008 in Montreal, QC). Major was a veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War. He is the only Canadian to be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for two separate wars.

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    Léo-Paul Desrosiers

    Léo-Paul Desrosiers, writer, civil servant (b at Berthier-en-Haut, Qué 11 Apr 1896; d at Montréal 20 Apr 1967). Desrosiers, who lifted the genre of historical novel to a new level, is the least appreciated and most retiring writer of his generation.

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    Léo-Pol Morin

    Léo-Pol Morin, pianist, music critic, teacher, composer (as James Callihou) (b at Cap-St-Ignace, Qué 13 July 1892; d in an accident near Lac Marois, N of Montréal 29 May 1941). An ambassador for the French music of his era, he also contributed to the growth of Canadian music.

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    Léo-Pol Morin

    Léo-Pol Morin. Pianist, music critic, teacher, composer (under the name James Callihou), b Cap St-Ignace, near Quebec City, 13 Jul 1892, d in an accident near Lac Marois, north of Montreal, 29 May 1941.

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    Léo Roy

    Léo Roy. Composer, writer on music, pianist, organist, teacher, b Quebec City 27 Nov 1887, d there 1 Sep 1974. As a child he studied harmonica, xylophone, piano, organ, trumpet, trombone, horn, and double-bass with his father, Philéas.

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    Leo Smith

    Leo (Joseph Leopold) Smith. Composer, cellist, writer, teacher, b Birmingham, England, 26 Nov 1881, d Toronto 18 Apr 1952; B MUS (Manchester) 1902, honorary FRMCM (Manchester College) 1925. Smith's mother was an accomplished pianist, his father a teacher.

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    Leo Yaffe

    Leo Yaffe, OC, FRSC, educator, nuclear scientist, university administrator (born 6 July 1916 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota; died 26 May 1997 in Montreal, QC). Yaffe was an authority in nuclear chemistry and throughout his career he advocated for the peaceful use of atomic energy (see Nuclear Energy). He has been the recipient of many honours and awards.

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    Léolo

    The often astonishing Léolo is Québec director Jean-Claude Lauzon’s second and final feature film before his tragic death. A visually stunning, magical realist tale of a young boy’s coming-of-age in a wildly dysfunctional family, it won three Genie Awards and is generally considered one of the best Canadian films ever made. It was named the best film of 1992 by Maclean’s magazine and one of the top 10 films of 1993 by Time magazine, which also named it one of the 100 best films of all time in 2005. A 2015 poll conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ranked it No. 5 in a list of the Top 10 Canadian films of all time, while another in 2016 listed the film as one of 150 essential works in Canadian cinema history. 

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    Léon Bellefleur

    Léon Bellefleur, painter, engraver (b at Montréal 8 Feb 1910; d there 22 Feb 2007). After receiving a teaching diploma in 1929, Léon Bellefleur took evening classes at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal until 1938 and in 1940 met Alfred PELLAN.

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    Léon Bernier

    Léon Bernier. Pianist, accompanist, conductor, arranger, composer, teacher, born Hull, Que, 6 Sep 1936; died at Longueuil, 11 October 2011; premier prix piano (CMQ) 1954. He studied with Hélène Landry at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec (CMQ).

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    Leon Bibb

    Charles Leon Aurthello Bibb (a.k.a. Lee Charles), OBC, singer, actor, civil rights activist, guitarist (born 7 February 1922 in Louisville, Kentucky; died 23 October 2015 in Vancouver, BC). Leon Bibb was a Tony Award-nominated actor, popular folk singer and trailblazing civil rights activist. After moving to Vancouver in the early 1970s, he made pioneering contributions to professional theatre and Black culture in Canada. He was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and the Order of British Columbia.

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    Léon Dessane

    Léon Dessane. Organist, conductor, teacher, b Quebec 15 Dec 1863, d there 7 May 1930. The most notable of Antoine Dessane's children, Léon Dessane was a pupil of Calixa Lavallée, and was organist at St-Roch for 33 years.

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    Léon Destroismaisons

    Léon Destroismaisons. Organist, teacher, composer, b St-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (now La Pocatière), near Quebec City, 2 Mar 1890, d St-Pacôme, Que, 3 Feb 1980. While preparing for the priesthood he studied music with Father Joseph Bourque at the Collège Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière.

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