Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Staff Reporter Marc Strange, writer and actor, best known as the co-creator of the long-running CBC smash-hit drama The Beachcombers, has died of cancer. He was 70 years old. Strange was born on July 24, 1941 in Vankleek Hill, Ont., near Ottawa. As a boy he scored a part in a local radio program, igniting a lifelong love of acting and the arts. Strange left high school early, working in the tobacco fields in southwestern Ontario in the summer and at a tire factory in the winter. After his mother died, he left for Toronto, where he became known as a folk singer in the trendy Yorkville scene. The mid-’60s brought a slate of television acting work that included Rumble of Silence, ...
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