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CBC’s Paul Hunter, who took a photo that helped investigators as they tried to pinpoint when the famed portrait was stolen, was in Rome as the Yousuf Karsh photograph was returned to Canadian officials. The aim is to get the iconic image back on the wall at the Château Laurier later this fall.
It’s finally coming home.
An original print of Yousef Karsh’s renowned portrait of Winston Churchill — a photo known as The Roaring Lion — was officially handed over to Canadian authorities at a ceremony this morning at Canada’s Embassy in Rome.
The black-and-white portrait, one of the world’s most renowned and historic images, was stolen from the lobby of the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa during the COVID-19 pandemic, sometime between Dec. 25, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2022. It was replaced on the wall with a rudimentary fake, complete with a phony Karsh signature.
No one noticed the theft until …
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