Canadian actor, writer Don Harron dies at 90

TORONTO – Canadian entertainment icon Don Harron is dead after a battle with cancer – he was 90.
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 CBC 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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