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    Mordecai Richler

    Mordecai Richler, CC, novelist, essayist, social critic (born 27 January 1931 in Montreal, QC; died 3 July 2001 in Montreal). A singular figure in Canadian literary and cultural history, Richler remained, in the words of critic Robert Fulford, “the loyal opposition to the governing principles of Canadian culture” throughout his long and productive career. His instincts were to ask hard, uncomfortable questions and to take clear, often unpopular moral positions. Born into an Orthodox family in Montreal’s old Jewish neighborhood, a community he immortalized in his work, he was from the start a complex and uncompromising figure, at once rejecting many of the formal tenets of his faith while embracing its intellectual and ethical rigour. That tension, along with an innately absurdist vision of life, a raw, bracing comedic sensibility, and a fearlessness about speaking his mind, as both artist and citizen, ensured that nearly every word he published displayed a distinctive sensibility. No one else sounded like Mordecai Richler, and few other writers in Canada have ever demanded, and maintained, such a high profile as both an admired literary novelist and a frequently controversial critic. A Companion of the Order of Canada, two-time winner of the Governor General’s Award (1968 and 1971), and winner of the Giller Prize, Mordecai Richler is without question one of Canada’s greatest writers.

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    Morley Callaghan

    Morley Edward Callaghan, novelist, short-story writer, broadcaster (b at Toronto 22 Feb 1903; d there 25 Aug 1990). Educated at University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, Callaghan published his first stories in Paris in This Quarter (1926) and transition (1927). 

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    Morley Calvert

    Morley Calvert. Bandmaster, conductor, composer, b Brantford, Ont, 11 Jun 1928, d Hamilton, Ont, 6 Sep 1991; LRSM 1948, Associate in music (McGill) 1950, B MUS (McGill) 1956.

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    Morley Keith Thomas

    Morley Keith Thomas, climatologist (born 19 August 1918 near St. Thomas, ON; died 31 March 2018 in Watford, ON). Morley K. Thomas is recognized as an authority on both the practical and scientific aspects of climatology.

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    Morley Meredith

    Morley Meredith (b Margolis). Baritone, b Winnipeg 8 Feb 1922, d Palm Beach, Florida, 3 Feb 2000. He studied singing with W.H. Anderson and medicine at the University of Manitoba.

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    Morley Torgov

    Morley Torgov, novelist, short story writer (b at Sault Ste Marie, Ont 3 Dec 1927). Torgov was educated at the University of Toronto (BA 1950), received his LLB from Osgoode Hall, and was called to the bar in 1954. While practising law in Toronto during the 1960s, he turned to writing.

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    Morning Music Club

    Founded in Ottawa in 1892 by Louise Carling, its first president, who was a daughter of the brewer Sir John Carling, and by the Countess of Aberdeen, the honorary president, who was the wife of the Governor General.

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    Morris Davis

    Morris or 'Rusty' (Cecil) Davis. Composer, arranger, conductor, b Ottawa 1 Mar 1904, d Montreal 13 Nov 1968; BA (McGill) 1930. He studied piano in Montreal with Nicholas Eichorn, A.E.J. MacCreary, and Alfred La Liberté, but was self-taught in composition and orchestration.

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    Morris “Two-Gun” Cohen

    Morris (Moishe) Abraham Cohen, a.k.a. “Two-Gun,” bodyguard, aide-de-camp, arms dealer (born 3 August 1887 in Radzanow, Poland; died 11 September 1970 in Salford, England). Cohen’s life evolved from one of petty crime to international arms dealing. During that time, Cohen ingratiated himself with the revolutionary movement of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and joined his inner circle. Before more formal biographies were written about him, Cohen was a figure of self-aggrandized legend.

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    Morris Panych

    Panych came to public attention for his two-hander (a play for two actors) Last Call: A Post-Nuclear Cabaret (1982), which he wrote and in which he starred. The show was revised for CBC television, bringing Panych to national attention.

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    Morris Surdin

    Surdin, Morris. Composer, arranger, conductor, b Toronto 8 May 1914, d there 19 Aug 1979. At six he began violin lessons with Louis Gesensway in Toronto, and soon the lessons were expanded to include counterpoint and harmony.

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    Mort Sahl

    Morton Sahl, standup comedian, actor (born at Montréal 11 May 1927). Mort Sahl, whose parents were American, was brought up in California. After high school he served in the air force before earning a degree in city management and engineering from the University of Southern California in 1953.

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    Morten Parker

    Morten Parker, director, writer, producer, educator (b at Winnipeg 28 July 1919). Morten Parker began his career as a journalist and joined the NATIONAL FILM BOARD (NFB) in 1943 to work on numerous documentaries as a writer and director. Eventually he was made responsible for the NFB's labour films.

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    Morton-Master Duo

    Morton-Master Duo. Piano duo active 1955-1990s, comprising Dorothy Morton and Esther Master. The Morton-Master Duo was formed at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMM) and coached by Louis Bailly.

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    Moses Coady

    Moses Michael Coady, "M.M.," priest, teacher (b at North East Margaree, NS 3 Jan 1882; d at Antigonish, NS 28 July 1959).

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