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Canadian actor and writer Don Harron dead at age 90
680 news ^ | Jan 17 2015

Posted on 01/17/2015 6:59:45 PM PST by xp38

TORONTO – Canadian entertainment icon Don Harron is dead at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer.

Harron entertained generations of Canadians with his comic alter ego Charlie Farquharson and helped bring the Canadian classic novel “Anne of Green Gables” from the page to the stage.

His eldest daughter Martha said her father died Saturday morning surrounded by family at his Toronto home after choosing not to seek treatment for cancer.

The wit and humour that landed him roles on C-B-C radio programs and television programs shows such as the American variety show “Hee Haw” continued to define her father to the very end.

Perhaps Harron’s most celebrated work was accomplished behind the scenes when he helped create the musical version of “Anne of Green Gables,” the Lucy Maud Montgomery classic about a red-haired orphan living on Prince Edward Island.

Harron joined forces with Norman and Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore to turn the beloved novel into a CBC television production in 1955.


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Probably best known for his stint on Hee Haw in the US but he did much more in Canada. He was a laugh. RIP
1 posted on 01/17/2015 6:59:45 PM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

Well, there goes another piece of my childhood. R.I.P. Don.


2 posted on 01/17/2015 7:07:57 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: xp38
The radio guy on Hee Haw:

3 posted on 01/17/2015 7:07:58 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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He was one of the best parts of hee haw.

Rip


4 posted on 01/17/2015 7:22:50 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwVljOhBko


5 posted on 01/17/2015 7:27:10 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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One of my favorite sayings the Don had as Charle was : “Those politicians are so dishonest that if they all swallowed nails they would pass screws.”


6 posted on 01/17/2015 7:29:11 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: xp38; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
RIP Charlie- we'll miss ya.

To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

7 posted on 01/17/2015 8:00:33 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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Thanks for the link...many memories of Don and his comedy.
May he rest in peace.

He might have worded that phrase in a more comical way...I'll leave it up to everyone’s imagination. I loved the way he fractured the language.

8 posted on 01/17/2015 8:05:59 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: xp38

I watched “Hee Haw” a lot when I was young and what an act he had.

A lot of Canadians came down here over the years to minor acclaim and major acclaim like Lorne Green, Lorne Michaels, Leslie Nielsen, James Doohan of the classic “Star Trek”, not to mention Captain Kirk himself (William Shatner) and the list goes on.


9 posted on 01/17/2015 8:17:12 PM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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Oh that is too funny! And true...good laugh on that one...thanks for posting it. Rotflol!


10 posted on 01/17/2015 9:37:31 PM PST by caww
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Loved Charlie, loved the whole Hee Haw gang.


11 posted on 01/17/2015 9:38:45 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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Here he is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEyNGWwU2Q


12 posted on 01/17/2015 9:39:59 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: xp38

Condolences to family and friends of Don Harron.


13 posted on 01/18/2015 1:18:18 AM PST by PGalt
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To: xp38

RIP.


14 posted on 01/18/2015 5:41:01 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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