Rex Murphy Death News: considerate Canadian and , Journalist Passed Away From Cancer
Rex Murphy, a wise and considerate Canadian, died on Thursday, May 9, 2024. He passed away the day after his column on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s response to the October 7 Hamas atrocities ran on the National Post’s print front page.
He was an amazing orator and writer who championed the interests of common Canadians. Over the course of his several decades of work, Rex’s keen wit and wisdom shaped the perspectives of many Canadians.
Family members reported that Murphy passed away at the age of 77 following a fight with cancer.
He was the second of five children born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, in 1947, before the province had even gained its independence.
However, he was raised in the Freshwater community, which is located ten minutes away from the highway. After skipping two grades and eventually traveling to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar in 1968, he eventually returned home and settled into a media career.
He had abandoned his Master of English degree because of the incessant need for footnotes citing poetry from the 17th century.
“I am one of the millions of Canadians who have always enjoyed watching his commentaries and reading his columns to get his unique take on politics and life.”
