Globe columnists Jeffrey Simpson  He got journalism right: It's the eye, not the 'I', Page A19, January 26 Rex Murphy  Pythons, misfits and Canadians -- Gzowski talked to us all, Page A19, January 26 Allan Fotheringham  He was a genius for Canada, Page A2, January 26 Harry Bruce  Goodbye Mr. Canada, page A17, January 25

Globeandmail.com readers have been filling our inbox with their memories of writer and broadcaster Peter Gzowski, who passed away Thursday at age 67. Click on the links below to read the memories.

• Part 1: (50 entries)
• Part 2: (37 entries)
• Part 3: (30 entries)
• Part 4: (31 entries)
• Part 5: (12 entries)
• Part 6: (25 entries)

Some excerpts:
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I had always assumed that one day I would meet him, and he and I would have a grand conversation. He would take a kindly interest in me and ask questions in such a way that I would end up sounding and feeling wise and erudite.
Andy Bryce

... I was so glad to come back to Canada as a landed immigrant in 1986. When I heard Peter's voice on CBC Radio, I felt, "Yes! I am in Canada!"
Koko Kikuchi
Toronto, Ontario

When his show came on there were days I felt like him and I were sitting over coffee with a guest who just dropped in.
Crystal Froese
Naramata BC

I often thought he would have been a wonderful family physician. He listened so well and asked the "right questions" ...
Mary Piotrowski Murray (VON nurse)

My remembrance of Peter Gzowski is a television interview he did with Jann Arden fairly recently. To me he came off as someone who was very full of himself. ... I thought he was a jerk.
David McCallen, Calgary

Peter Gzowski is one of the reasons why I am turning into my mother.
Kate Glover

I will miss him terribly. He was my best friend, my kindred spirit, my favorite uncle.
Hope Smith
Calgary, Alta.

If Radio journalism was an art, then Peter Gzowski was surely its 20th century master.
Jeffrey Bear
Vancouver, B.C.

... As far as I'm concerned, Gzowski + Morningside = Canada 101. That says it all.
Tony Hirons

Peter, you were in my kitchen with me as I baked muffins and in my car with me as I drove my daughter to school. No matter where I was in those days or what chore I was performing, because of you, my environment was thought-provoking and expansive. ...
Rosalie Dalfen
Niagara Falls