Canadian Acting Icon, Gordon Pinsent Dead at 92

Canadian actor, writer, director and singer Gordon Pinsent has died “peacefully” on Saturday evening at 92, his family said in a statement.

A statement written by Peter Keleghan, Gordon’s son-in-law said “Gordon Pinsent’s daughters Leah, and Beverly and his son Barry, would like to announce the passing of their father peacefully in sleep today with his family at his side.”

“Gordon passionately loved his country and its people, purpose, culture to his last breath.” Canadian actor and comedian, Mark Critch, Gordon’s friend also confirmed the news. He tweeted “My pal Gordon Pinsent passed.

“I saw him a few weeks ago, his twinkle as bright as ever. I looked up to him as the Rowdyman but loved him as Porky Pinsent from Grand Falls. He cut the path the rest of us traveled. A household name based on Canadian work. The best there ever was.”

Born in Newfoundland, Gordon was began acting in the 1940s at the age of 17 before expanding into Television and Film.  He stared in numerous productions including “Away From Her”, “The Rowdyman”, “A Gift To Last”, and was the voice of Babar the Elephant.

Gordon is a companion of the Order of Canada and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has several accolades to his name including the Earle Grey Award in 1997 for lifetime achievement in television. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

As a writer, he published his first memoir By The Way in 1922.

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