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Wookey, Mr. Leonard

  • FirstName:
    Leonard
    Surname:
    Wookey
    Title:
    Mr.
    Year of Death:
    1963
    Sex:
    Male
    Age at Death:
    78
    CanObit:
    Canadian Obituaries
    CanObitPage1:
    101
    CanObitPage2:
    0
    CanObitVolume:
    8
    Occupation:
    Former opera singer
    Record Group:
    Canadian Obituaries. With Source.
    Remarks:
    Mr. Wookey was a flamboyant former opera singer. He was born in Jamaica and came to Toronto with his parents when he was 13. He entered the hotel business in 1937 and was widely known as the inventor of an alcoholic concoction called muskeg.
    Source 1:
    Globe and Mail, November 14, 1963.
    Widowed:
    No