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Broadcasting icon
and cherished colleague Lister Sinclair died on October 16, 2006.
Guild members share their memories of Lister :
Lister Sinclair, porte-étendard de la radiodiffusion et notre
collègue bien-aimé est mort le 16 octobre 2006. Les membres de la
Guilde partagent leurs mémoires de lui :
I remember Mr.
Sinclair coming to a general membership meeting so many years ago to
make things right. It was across the street.... a meeting before a
strike vote..... and several prominent members spoke strongly
against giving the union the power it needed to get a good
agreement....That's when Mr. Sinclair walked up to the mike and
spoke...after that....there was no doubt the union would get the
vote it needed.
Mr. Sinclair was also a prominent presence on the picket line last
year....
- Michael D'Souza, Toronto
I produced a documentary for Ideas in 1995. It was called "One
Sex or Two". Perhaps a deceiving title, as it was really an
hour-long discussion on female ejaculation. While researching it, I
remember there would be certain hurdles in presenting this
experience on air. Being a newbie at CBC, I wasn't familiar with the
legendary Lister Sinclair. I figured the first hurdle would be the
host introducing the words "female ejaculation". Well, Lister
Sinclair didn't bat an eye. In fact, he made it sounds positively
poetic. He read it just as he would the opening of a documentary on
Einstein's brain or Hannah Arendt's theories. Lister Sinclair was
simply one-of-a-kind.
- Sue Campbell
I felt Lister was my friend. I felt that even before I met
him....just because he spoke to ME. Ideas was critical to the way I
think today, as a journalist and as a person.
I finally did meet the man behind the voice when Faith was sent to Corner
Brook NL to "secure" the building during the Nabet strike. Lister
came, and brought his wit, his intelligence, his warmth, and insight
with him. And yes, his dapper garb as well.
His, and Faith's, presence in Corner Brook lifted our spirits during what
was a cold and harsh time in the corporation's history.
Such class.
Such a tribute to what this universe can produce, every eon or so.
Such a loss.
- Terry LeDrew
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