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    Leslie Bell

    Leslie (Richard) Bell. Choir conductor, educator, writer, arranger, composer, b Toronto 5 May 1906, d there 19 Jan 1962; BA (Toronto) 1930, MA (Toronto) 1931, D MUS (Montreal) 1946.

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    Leslie Bell Singers

    The Leslie Bell Singers. The Alumnae Singers, a female choir formed in 1939 from former pupils of Leslie Bell at Parkdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto, became the Leslie Bell Singers in 1945.

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    Leslie Gordon Barnard

    Leslie Gordon Barnard, short story writer (b at Montréal, 1890; d at Toronto, 1961). Born in Montréal, Leslie Gordon Barnard was one of Canada's most prolific SHORT STORY writers.

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    Leslie Grossmith

    Leslie Grossmith. Pianist, conductor, violinist, composer, teacher, b Birmingham, England, 19 May 1870, d Victoria, BC, 27 Aug 1957. He received his training in Australia from Henri Kowalski and Max Vogrich and became a violinist in the Municipal Orchestra in Melbourne.

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    Leslie Holmes

    Leslie George Holmes (also known in England as Laurence Holmes, sometimes spelled Lawrence Holmes), baritone, teacher (born 30 April 1901 at Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta; died 24 February 1983 in Worthing, West Sussex, England).

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    Leslie James Yeo

    Leslie James Yeo, actor, producer, writer, director (b at Swindon, Wiltshire, UK 29 May 1915, d at Toronto 15 Sept 2006). Leslie Yeo left school early to work in advertising.

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    Leslie Mann

    Mann, Leslie (Douglas). Composer, clarinetist, b Edmonton 13 Aug 1923, d Balmoral, Man, 7 Dec 1977. Though he took lessons in clarinet at 13 and in composition at 15, he was largely self-taught.

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    Leslie McFarlane (Franklin W. Dixon)

    Charles Leslie McFarlane (a.k.a. Franklin W. Dixon, Carolyn Keene), journalist, author, ghostwriter, playwright, screenwriter, film director (born 25 October 1902 in Carleton Place, Ontario; died 6 September 1977 in Whitby, Ontario). Leslie McFarlane was a talented and prolific writer. He worked as a journalist in both Canada and the United States, as a writer and director of documentary films for the National Film Board and as a scriptwriter for the CBC. McFarlane is perhaps best known for ghostwriting as many as 21 of the “original canon” Hardy Boys books between 1927 and 1946 under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon. He also worked as a writer and editor for Maclean’s and as head of the scriptwriting department at the CBC.

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    Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen, actor, author (b at Regina 11 Feb 1926, d at Fort Lauderdale, Fla 28 Nov 2010). Leslie Nielsen was a veteran of more than 100 motion pictures and 1500 television appearances.

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    Leslie Raymond Fairn

    Leslie Raymond Fairn, architect (b at Waterville, NS 26 June 1875; d at Halifax 13 Aug 1971). Fairn attended Acadia University, studied architecture in Boston, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with Edward Elliot, architect of the Halifax City Hall. In 1904 he began a career that lasted 65 years.

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    Leslie Richard Bell

    Leslie Richard Bell, choir conductor, arranger (b at Toronto 5 May 1906; d there 19 Jan 1962). 

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    Lester B. Pearson

    Lester Bowles “Mike” Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE, prime minister 1963–68, statesman, politician, public servant, professor (born 23 April 1897 in Newtonbrook, ON; died 27 December 1972 in Ottawa, ON). Lester Pearson was Canada’s foremost diplomat of the 1950s and 1960s. He formulated the basics of the country’s postwar foreign policy; particularly its involvement in NATO and the United Nations, where he served as president of the General Assembly. In 1957, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts in facilitating Britain and France’s departure from Egypt during the Suez Crisis. A skilled politician, he rebuilt the Liberal Party and as prime minister strove to maintain Canada’s national unity. Under his leadership, the government implemented a Canada Pension Plan; a universal medicare system; a unified Armed Forces; and a new national flag.

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    Lester Patrick

    Lester Patrick (born at Drummondville, Qué 31 Dec 1883; d at Victoria 1 June 1960), patriarch of a family which dominated the early development of HOCKEY as players and managers.

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    Conrad Letendre

    Conrad Letendre. Organist, teacher, theorist, composer, b St-Zéphirin-de-Courval, near Trois-Rivières, Que, 9 Jan 1904, d Montreal 20 Nov 1977.

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    Letitia Youmans

    Letitia Youmans, née Creighton, temperance worker (b in Hamilton Twp, UC 3 Jan 1827; d at Toronto 18 July 1896), founder of the WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION in Canada. Educated at the Burlington Ladies' Academy, she graduated in 1847 and taught there for 2 years.

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