Older half of MacLean and MacLean duo took free speech fight to Supreme Court
Blair MacLean was a visual artist, a musician and an instructor who loved teaching children how to draw and how to play musical instruments. He was also a foul-mouthed singer and comedian who, with his brother Gary, achieved the distinction of being the first Canadians to be prosecuted for talking dirty on stage.
CLIVE BARNES: 81
Clive Barnes, long-time performing arts critic for the New York Post, died yesterday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 81, and suffered from cancer.British-trained, he arrived in 1965 from England to write for The New York Times, where he was its dance critic until 1977. He was also the paper's daily drama critic for 10 years.
JODY REYNOLDS: 75
Jody Reynolds, the rockabilly singer and songwriter whose lone hit Endless Sleep in the 1950s ushered in a wave of tragic teen pop songs, died Nov. 7. He was 75.
CHRISTEL GOLTZ: 96
Soprano Christel Goltz, a stalwart of the Vienna State Opera who performed in German-language roles across the world in the 1950s, died Saturday at a residence for retired artists. She was 96.
LAST WORDS
Independence forever.John AdamsU.S. president, 1735-1826
W. LAIRD JENNINGS
Laird was a man of peace so it's ironic that the W. stood for Warring - a name he disliked and never used. He was Laird of the manor, a compassionate man with a keen sense of humour and a knack for making new friends.
