Alan Edmonds

Alan Edmonds was the pseudonym and career name of Arthur Denis Edmonds, born in England in (year to come). He was an accomplished report on Fleet Street in London, England and after the war, immigrated to Canada, first to Vancouver, British Columbia, and, on discovering Toronto was the centre of the universe in Canada, subsequently to that fair city. He wrote for the Toronto Star, among others, and subsequently for Macleans Magazine, where he was the Senior Editor at one point. He wrote a number of articles while at Macleans, among them one on Steven Truscott. He wrote a number of books as well, among them, Journey to the Edge of the World, which was a scrutiny of a research vessel plying the waters of Canada's far north. He was on-air talent, writer and producer for the highly successful CTV program "Live It Up!"

He died on September 13th, 2004, of liver disease at a relatively young age. [cite news
title = Journalist Alan Edmonds dies at age 71
work = Article from United Press International
publisher = HighBeam Research
date = September 13, 2004
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-98962458.html ]

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