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Jackie Nixon posted a condolence
Friday, January 18, 2008
Alyssa. Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your dearly beloved father and friend. He has taught you so much and has left behind many treasured memories. Whatever you have shared can never really be lost. He looks very much like my father who was also a very nice man. Thinking of you with great affection, Jackie.
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Gord Clark posted a condolence
Friday, January 18, 2008
We will miss you...remember your kindness forever...the gifts you left with all the people who knew you... Au revoir mon ami... Gordon and Family (London, Ontario.)
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Graeme, Louise, Jamie & Charlie Knox posted a condolence
Friday, January 18, 2008
Very rarely you meet someone you instantly connect with. An individual whose grace, honour, energy, dependability and sense of fun make you stop to think, and perhaps look a little closer at yourself than usual. Chuck was one of these rare and inspiring characters. On our visits to Toronto, Louise found a warm and supportive new “uncle”, quick to welcome and take care of her and unstinting in his effort to make sure that we were all comfortable and having fun. More than this, she knew her Aunt, cousin and Grandparents were in good hands. I found a new pal, someone I could really talk to and someone as keen to enjoy the great outdoors and head off to do new things as I was. Jamie and Charlie, now still only 5 and 2, found a character who really understood their little world, who talked fluent nonsense like them and made them laugh constantly! We could only look on in wonderment at Chuck’s remarkable ability to bridge a 70 year age gap and connect. He was a real life Peter Pan and the children felt the magic. We will miss Chuck very much and feel so privileged that he was in our family circle. In person, on the phone, or through his frequent and often crazy emails, he brightened up many a day. Like so many, we had been looking forward to more good times and are devastated by his all too early loss. Chuck's memory and the example he set will outlive him by many years. We share the sadness of Carole, Lea, Alissa and Tony at this time and send our heartfelt condolences and love to them and all of Chuck’s many friends. Graeme, Louise, Jamie and Charlie Knox Edinburgh, Scotland
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Monica Rafferty posted a condolence
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Although we were separated by distance, when I visited Chuck and my sister Carole, Chuck always looked after me with great love and affection. He will be sadly missed.
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Jack MacAndrew posted a condolence
Thursday, January 17, 2008
I came across the notice of Chuck's passing in the Globe and Mail , and though I had not seen Chuck for many years , I was immensely saddened at the passing of this good man . We knew each other well in the seventies when I was head of the variety department for English language television . I was responsible for many of the programs Chuck wrote , including " Dreamweaver" , one of the finest entertainment shows ever produced in Canada ( or anywhere else for that matter.) I shall always remember his gentle and warm demeanour , as well as his talent for putting the right word in the right place. The notice of his passing evoked many memories for me . My most sincere condolences to Carole and the family at their loss. Jack MacAndrew
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Ray Imai and all the football teams from UTS lit a candle
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Chuck was one of the driving forces in my life for a love of learning and the value of determination and passion. He gave us the motto" we may be small but we are slow". He was able to instill in us what it takes to be a winner while competing with compassion.
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Robert Grossman MD posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
To the Family of a Wonderful Teacher; I was a student in Chuck's English Class in 1965-66, I think it was, at UTS. While he may not have remembered me, I have always remembered him as the type of person a teacher SHOULD be. He was inventive, resourceful, quick to smile, very bright and managed to imbue the desire to learn and do even better still in a group of students who already had that internal direction. I have never forgotten (nor will my grown kids, as I have told them the story countless times)the day he came into the classroom with a pile of mimeographed sheets depicting the picture of a young kid reaching into a cereal box marked "prize inside" and having a look on his face that combined shock, surprise and perhaps horror. We were asked to write an essay about the picture. That was truly creative writing. It was also unheard of in the 60's to try to teach kids that way. I remember getting my paper back with a pretty good mark that I do not recall. But the comment is what I still recall precisely, "You have the capacity for tremendous good - or evil!! Time will tell!". I like to think the good won out over the evil. He was an inspiration to his students and must have been a wonderful father and husband. I wanted to extend my condolences on your loss, as mine was one of the many lives touched and left a bit richer by having known "Mr. Weir". Sincerely, Robert Grossman MD UTS 1970
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Elaine and Barry Nelson posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
So sorry to hear of Chuck's passing. He will be missed Our prayers are with you Elaine and Barry
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Nina Keogh posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
To Chuck's family. I am so sad to read of Chuck's passing. He was very dear to me. I'm also a performer, and we hung out in the 70s , One Christmas day back then , he bumped into me on the street and finding out I was totally alone that year, brought me home to have Christmas dinner with his family. Such was the heart of this beautiful man, this funny guy - I've missed him and now he's gone. My heart goes out to you, his family - and to f riends as well who loved him. NIna Keogh
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Bobbi (nee Mochoruk) and Dave Mackellar posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Dear Lorna and Family: We send you our deepest and heartfelt sympathy with the passing of Chuck. Our hearts are with you always. With love, Bobbi & Dave Mackellar Mississauga
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Jack Roe posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
I was a student of Chuck's during the late 1960s at UTS, as well as having been coached by him in football. In fact, I still hold as a treasured item the plaque I received as one of the members of Chuck's York League championship team in 1968. I have hung onto this memento as a way of recalling the spirit he imbued in us that season, and the lessons Chuck taught us about determination, winning with grace, and losing with dignity. These are lessons I have taken with me throughout my life, and I am forever in his debt for having taught them to me and my fellow "Blues." We were the smallest team in the York League, both in numbers and in stature, but Coach Weir taught us how to overcome adversity by using our brains, as well as our prowess - the result was a well-deserved championship and a self-confidence that has remained with us all, I have no doubt. Chuck also taught us all about the love of language and the love of humour; his classroom was always full of both. Again, I am eternally grateful to Chuck for setting me on a lifelong path as a radio broadcaster, actor and teacher, wherein that love of language and humour has been a mainstay. There is no doubt that the world has been enriched by Chuck's presence, and it is a sadder place today for his passing. Respectfully, Jack Roe Class of 1972, UTS
