Murray Cohl

Murray "Dusty" Cohl
Born	February 21, 1929(1929-02-21) Toronto, Ontario
Died	January 11, 2008(2008-01-11) (aged 78) Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	film producer
Known for	co-founder of Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame

Murray "Dusty" Cohl, CM (February 21, 1929 – January 11, 2008) was a Canadian film producer and co-founder of Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame.

Murray Cohl was born in Toronto, Ontario to Karl and Lillian Cohl in 1929. His father Karl was a Communist who worked as a house painter in the city. Cohl attended at Charles G. Fraser elementary school and Camp Naivelt in the north of Toronto from the age of five.

Cohl was invested into the Order of Canada in May 2003 for “his pride in Canadian talent” and his “desire to celebrate our achievements.”^[1] He was diagnosed with liver cancer in late 2007. On January 11, 2008 he died at a hospital in Toronto.^[2]

References

1. ^ Order of Canada citation
2. ^ Obituary

External links

• Murray Cohl at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Cohl, Murray
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Date of birth	February 21, 1929
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario
Date of death	January 11, 2008
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario