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    Lorand Fenyves

    Lorand Fenyves. Violinist, teacher, b Budapest 20 Feb 1918, naturalized Canadian 1971, d Switzerland 23 March 2004. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where his teachers included Oscar Studer, Jenö Hubay, Leo Weiner, Imre Waldbauer, and Zoltán Kodály.

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    Loreena McKennitt

    She took up the harp in 1984 and worked as a busker in Toronto before recording a debut album, Elemental (1985), through her own company, Quinlan Road Productions. Her vocal clarity, Celtic arrangements and pre-Raphaelite image were unique, and she soon attracted a small but devoted audience.

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    Loreena McKennitt

    An ethereal presence both visually and aurally, who transformed the harp into a pop-music instrument without subverting its natural tone, McKennitt studied piano in Winnipeg with Olga Friesen and voice with Elma Gislason, and performed in musicals and folk clubs.

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    Lorena Gale

    Lorena Gale, actor, playwright, activist (born 9 May 1958 in Montreal, QC; died 21 June 2009 in Vancouver, BC). Lorena Gale was an award-winning actor and playwright who achieved a strong body of work in Canadian theatre. Her acclaimed 1995 play Angélique tells the story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, an enslaved Black woman who was hanged in Montreal for arson in 1734. Gale spent a season with the Shaw Festival and served as artistic director of Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop. She also appeared in more than 130 films and television series. In 2009, the Union of BC Performers created the Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award in her honour.

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    Lorna Crozier

    Lorna Crozier's first 2 books, Inside Is the Sky (1976) and Crow's Black Joy (1978), investigate conditions of the divided self and explore the power politics of male-female relations.

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    Lorne Albert Pierce

    Lorne Albert Pierce, publisher, editor, writer (b at Delta, Ont 3 Aug 1890: d at Toronto 27 Nov 1961). Editor in chief of RYERSON PRESS 1922-60, Pierce championed Canadian writers and writing for over 40 years.

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    Lorne Betts

    Lorne (Matheson) Betts. Composer, critic, organist-choirmaster, b Winnipeg 2 Aug 1918, d Hamilton, Ont, 5 Aug 1985; ACCO 1940, LRSM 1941, honorary FRHCM 1968. After piano, organ, voice, and theory tuition in Winnipeg with Filmer Hubble, W.H.

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    Lorne Greene

    Lorne Hyman Greene, OC, actor, radio broadcaster (born 12 February 1915 in Ottawa, ON; died 11 September 1987 in Santa Monica, California). 

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    Lorne Michaels

    Lorne Michaels, né Lorne Michael Lipowitz, producer (b at Toronto 17 Nov 1944). Lorne Lipowitz earned a BA from the University of Toronto in 1966, and became involved with the underground film scene, running the New Cinema Club at Cinecity, an independent theatre.

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    Lorne Munroe

    Lorne Munroe, cellist, teacher (born 24 November 1924 in Winnipeg, MB; died 4 May 2020 in New York City).

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    Lorne Watson

    Lorne Watson. Pianist, educator, administrator, b Leamington, near Windsor, Ont, 29 Jul 1919, d Winnipeg, Man, 10 Jan 2010; ATCM 1936, LTCM 1940, BA music (Toronto) 1948, MA musicology (New York) 1958, D MUS performance (Indiana) 1976, honorary FRHCM 1978, honorary D. Mus.

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    Lorraine Desmarais

    Lorraine Desmarais. Pianist, composer, teacher, b Montreal 15 Aug 1956; B MUS (Sherbrooke) 1977, M MUS (Sherbrooke) 1979.

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    Lorraine McAllister

    Lorraine McAllister. Popular singer, actress, b Saskatoon 12 Apr 1924, d Vancouver 27 Apr 1984.

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    Lorraine Monk

    Lorraine Monk, née Spurrell, photography curator, author (b at Montréal). She was educated at McGill (BA, MA).

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    Lorraine Pintal

    Lorraine Pintal, actor, director, and producer (b at Plessisville, Qué 24 Sept 1951). Current artistic director of the THÉÂTRE DU NOUVEAU MONDE, she made her stage debut with the company in 1973 in Mistero Buffo, directed by André BRASSARD.

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