Lorne Greene

Birth Name:

Lyon Chaim Green

Birth Place:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer

Awarded the distinction of Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969 for his contributions to the arts
Recipient of the Earle Grey Award in 1987 for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards
Honored with a Canadian postage stamp in 2006 as one of many actors under the country's Canadians in Hollywood collection
Co-founder of Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts
Earned a radio and broadcasting degree from Canada's Queen's University in Kingston
His son-in-law Sam Raimi named one of his sons Lorne after him
Passed away at 72-years-old after a bout with pneumonia following heart surgery in 1987
Worked as a radio announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during WWII where he earned the nickname 'The Voice of Doom', as his telecasts were generally gloomy
He invented and patented the countdown clock that is used by broadcast programs that lets them know how much time is left during a segment

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