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Frederick William Russell, OC, K.St.J, CD, LL.D (September 10, 1923 - June 20, 2001) was a Canadian businessman and the ninth lieutenant governor of Newfoundland. Born in St. John's , he studied at Dalhousie University and the Atlantic School for Advanced Business Administration.
Rupert Wilfred Bartlett (January 23, 1921 – December 31, 2000) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972. [1] [2] The son of Lewis G. Bartlett and Clara Thompson, he was born in St. John's and was educated at Prince of Wales College and Memorial ...
"The Night Paddy Murphy Died" is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake.It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2013.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
William Howard Taft, who was chief justice from 1921 to 1930 after serving as president of the United States from 1909 to 1913, was the first justice for whom a state funeral has been held; Justice Ginsburg, who served as an associate justice from 1993 to 2020, was the second to receive this honor. [1] [2] [3]
Joseph Roberts Smallwood PC CC (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of Newfoundland, serving until 1972.
Despite having done little previous creative writing, from 1954 to 1961, Russell wrote and narrated (on CBC Radio) stories set in a fictional Newfoundland outport, Pigeon Inlet, using the persona of "Uncle Mose". These stories featured a colourful cast of characters and were told from a generally positive and optimistic, yet realistic, point of ...
Shirley Jane Turner (28 January 1961 – 18 August 2003) was a Canadian-American daughter of a U.S. serviceman and local woman from St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was raised with three siblings in Wichita, Kansas, but moved to Newfoundland with her mother after her parents separated; the parents later divorced.