Lifelong journalist, broadcaster, author and editor Robert Fulford is being remembered for his vibrant mind and insatiable curiosity.
Fulford’s son-in-law Stephen Marche says the prolific writer died Tuesday afternoon in Toronto surrounded by family. He was 92.
Marche says Fulford suffered several health setbacks in his later years, including a stroke in his late 70s and vascular dementia in the past five years.
The essayist and former “Saturday Night” editor leaves behind a staggering body of work spanning 72 years that included magazine and newspaper columns, arts reviews and books.
He cycled through virtually every major Toronto media outlet including Maclean’s, the Toronto Star, CBC Radio, and National Post, and spent nearly 20 years as editor of “Saturday Night,” which Marche described as a watershed for Canadian magazines under Fulford’s watch.
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