Monday marks the 50th anniversary of what has come to be known as the Munich Massacre, after the nine Israeli coaches and athletes taken hostage were all killed after a botched hostage rescue attempt by West German police later that night.
Twelve years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, former Editor-in-Chief at Maclean's, author "Power, Prime Ministers and the Press" (2018, Dundurn; available as audiobook).
Geoff died this week, shortly after filing his last column. He had been hobbled by Parkinson’s, but at 83 he carried on stoically to the end, offering a fresh weekly take on the passing scene. Read more…
Notes from a lunch with Lester Pearson, two months before his death 50 years ago In October 1972, my friend Dick O’Hagan invited me to a small lunch at the U of T faculty club Read more…
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