June 15, 2007. The Toronto Star by Bruce Demara

OBITUARY
Oskar Morawetz, 90: Canadian composer

Oskar Morawetz, a Czech-born Jew who narrowly escaped Nazi tyranny during World War II to become one of Canada's most successful contemporary/classical composers, died Wednesday at his Toronto retirement home. He was 90.

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His daughter, Claudia Tate [sic], said that her father had an "encyclopedic" memory from studying classical music scores during his childhood.

"If you had Name That Tune but for classical music, he would have won hands-down," Tate [sic] said.

She described her father as gentle, unpretentious and kind-hearted, supporting numerous causes, such as assisting Eastern Bloc musicians to get into Canada.

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