death

After escaping the dangerous life of gangs, he came alive with a paintbrush in his hand

Maclean’s cover story: after the earthquake, the desperate fight for survival amid the ruins

Everyone, even Conrad Black, shows up in the high society crime chronicler’s final novel

A powerful athlete who was at home in and on the water, he became an avid hunter

Pop Prince Michael Jackson

A lifelong Liberal, he only faced two opponents during more than 20 years as a popular town councillor

He had plans to be a ‘sit-down comic’ and was open to anything that helped him ‘get on with life’

Paralyzed from the waist down, he didn’t let his injury hinder him. He even learned to scuba dive.

He loved the mountains, in his native Scotland and Canada. For him, 10 km was a ‘shorter hike.’

He was born amid the bloody chaos of Sudan’s civil war. His Dinka name means ‘disaster.’