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Author and broadcaster Pierre Berton, who spent more than five decades chronicling the history of Canada, died yesterday at the age of 84.
Mr. Berton, a companion of the Order of Canada, passed away at the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, a spokeswoman confirmed.
Elsa Franklin, his agent and television producer for more than 40 years, said he died of heart failure after four weeks of hospitalization.
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