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    Jesse Winchester

    Jesse Winchester (born James Ridout Winchester), singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, naturalized Canadian 1973 (born 17 May 1944 in Shreveport, LA; died 11 April 2014 in Charlottesville, VA). Raised in Memphis, he began his career during the mid-1960s in Germany.

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    Jessica Grant

    Jessica Lindsay Grant, writer, educator (born at St. John's, NL, 31 May 1972). Born in St.

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    Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy, actress (b at London, Eng 7 June 1909; d at Easton, Conn 11 Sept 1994). Tandy had a long and distinguished career on the major stages of England, the US and Canada.

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    Jessie Georgina (J.G.) Sime

    Jessie Georgina (J.G.) Sime, writer, essayist, lecturer, social activist (b at Hamilton, Scotland, 12 Feb 1868; d at Wootton, England, 13 Sep 1958). Though born in Scotland, J.G. Sime spent her childhood in London, England.

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    Jessie Louise Beattie

    Jessie Louise Beattie, poet, educator, novelist, dramatist (born at Blair, Ont, 2 Oct 1896; died at Hamilton, Ont, 5 Oct 1985).

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    Jewish Music and Musicians

    The Jewish Community In CanadaThe 245,860 Canadians of Jewish extraction (1986 census) represent a great variety of ancestral languages and cultural traditions.

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    Jian Ghomeshi

    Jian Ghomeshi, singer, songwriter, musician, broadcaster, writer, manager (born 9 June 1967 in London, England). Jian Ghomeshi was a member of the quirky, alternative pop-folk group Moxy Früvous from 1990 to 2001. He parlayed that recognition into a radio and television career with the CBC, hosting such entertainment talk shows as >play, The National Playlist and Q. He wrote a best-selling memoir, 1982 (2012), about growing up as an Iranian Canadian in Thornhill, Ontario, and stayed active in the music business as an artist manager. His career and national profile unravelled in the fall of 2014 when he was fired by the CBC and charged with sexual assault in incidents involving several women (see Jian Ghomeshi Case).

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    Jill Hennessy

    Jillian Noel Hennessy, actor, singer, musician (born 25 November 1968 in Edmonton, AB). Equal parts brassy and brainy, Jill Hennessy is a sultry, whip-smart actor who is best known for her roles in the American television series Law & Order and Crossing Jordan. She has also appeared in films and released two albums as a singer-songwriter. She was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2007.

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    Jim Carrey (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on June 1, 1998. Partner content is not updated. For a while, it was easy to dismiss Jim Carrey. Sure, he became the first actor to crash the $20-million (U.S.) bracket for a single movie. And, yes, his work racked up more than half a billion dollars at the box office in just three years.

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    Jim Coleman

    James Coleman (Jim), journalist (b at Winnipeg 30 Oct 1911; d at Vancouver 14 Jan 2001). Coleman grew up in the 1920s criss-crossing North America to attend sporting events.

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    Jim Corcoran

    ​Jim Corcoran (pseudonym of James Corcoran), singer-songwriter, guitarist (born 10 February 1949 in Sherbrooke, Québec).

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    Jim Cuddy

    Jim Cuddy, singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist (born 2 December 1955 in Toronto, ON). Jim Cuddy attended Upper Canada College and North Toronto Collegiate Institute, where he met fellow musician Greg Keelor. His early musical influences were Roy Rogers and Gordon Lightfoot.

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    Jim Galloway

    James Braidie Galloway, saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, administrator (born 28 July 1936 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland; died 30 December 2014).

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    Jim Hiscott

    Hiscott, Jim (James Michael). Composer, producer, accordionist, b St Catharines, Ont, 4 Dec 1948; B SC (Brock) 1969, M SC (Toronto) 1971, BFA music (York) 1976.

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    Jim Magill

    Jim (James Creighton) Magill. Fiddler, composer, b Northern Ireland 1902, d Toronto 28 Jan 1954. He moved to Toronto in the early 1930s and worked in the CNR's telegraph department for 20 years.

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