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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Canadian playwright John Herbert died in his sleep
Friday June 22. He had been ill for over a month as a result of complications
resulting from a biopsy for prostate cancer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Herbert received the Chalmers Award for Best
Canadian Play in 1975 for <EM>Fortune and Men's Eyes</EM>. Based on Herbert's
own life experiences, the play dramatizes society's injustice towards gays and
the brutalizing effects of imprisonment on gay and straight people alike.
<EM>Fortune </EM>premiered at the famous Actors Studio in New York on February
23, 1967 and subsequently received professional productions in over 100
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Extensive information about John Herbert can be
found on his own website <A
href="http://www.fortuneandmenseyes.com">http://www.fortuneandmenseyes.com</A>
and in the <EM>Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre on the WWW</EM> <A
href="http://www.canadiantheatre.com">www.canadiantheatre.com</A> See the
entries <A
href="http://www.canadiantheatre.com/f/fortuneandmenseyes.html">www.canadiantheatre.com/f/fortuneandmenseyes.html</A>
and <A
href="http://www.canadiantheatre.com/h/herbertj.html">www.canadiantheatre.com/h/herbertj.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There will be a private family burial on Monday,
June 25. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anton Wagner</FONT></DIV>
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