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From: Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:43:47 -0500
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Stuart McLean, a Canadian writer and broadcaster best known for his "Vinyl
Cafe" live theatre broadcasts on CBC Radio, died yesterday. His
'meandering' story-telling style was probably similar to that of Garrison
Keillor in the US and, of course, Mark Twain.

McLean was a three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for
Humour.

With the radio in the background on Saturday mornings, I frequently found
myself drawn into McLean's humorous stories, in medias res, that I had not
heard begin!

RIP

Taylor Roberts

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