Born: 16-Sep-1922
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 15-Jan-2004
Location of death: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cause of death: Stroke

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: TV Personality, Columnist, Author

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s

Military service: US Army

Wife: Kay (until his death, one son, one daughter)
Son: Ted Barris
Daughter: Kate

    Order of Canada 1998

Author of books:
The Pierce-Arrow Showroom Is Leaking: An Insider's View of the C.B.C. (1969)
Hollywood's Other Men (1974)
Hollywood's Other Women (1975)
Stop the Presses! The Newspaperman in American Films (1976)
Hollywood According to Hollywood (1978)
Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945 (1995)
Front Page Challenge: History of a Television Legend (1999)
Making Music: Profiles from a Century of Canadian Music (2001)
Oscar Peterson: A Musical Biography (2002)

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