FARM MARKET: sharing thoughts and ideas of yesterday. I was reminded about the passing of a great Canadian. Don Harron, who created the Canadian comedic icon Charlie Farquharson during a decades-long career in show business, has died at his Toronto home. He was 90. His eldest daughter Martha told the Canadian Press her father died Saturday morning surrounded by family. He had been suffering from cancer. He was still sharp. He was still capable of being funny even though his voice was barely above a whisper, she said in a telephone interview from Toronto. Its horribly sad, but its beautiful too. During CBC’s 1952 television revue The Spring Thaw , the relatively unknown Harron took to the stage for a four-minute set. Few people watching knew they were about to witness a marquee moment in Canadian show business. That evening he introduced Canada to Farquharson – the country bumpkin from rural Ontario known for his incessant puns and decrepit grey cardigan sweater – a character that would solidify Harron’s place among the nation’s great entertainers.Hes one of the few people that I would describe as a true polymath, Cormier said. Anything he ever put his hand to he excelled at.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:36:51 +0000
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