Mr. Murphy, a former Globe and Mail columnist, parlayed his fierce intellect into a decades-long career as a commentator
Rex Murphy, the irascible, irrepressibly proud son of Newfoundland who parlayed a cutting wit and generous spirit into a decades-long career as a broadcaster and columnist, died Thursday of cancer at the age of 77.
Born in 1947 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and raised near St. John’s, Mr. Murphy showed extraordinary potential from a young age. After graduating from Memorial University, he was named a Rhodes Scholar in 1968 and studied at Oxford University.
. He worked on current affairs programs and documentaries for CBC, often on subjects that were near to his Newfoundland identity, including, about the disappearance of cod. He also worked on pieces about the writer Annie Proulx, the Second World War, scientist Hubert Reeves, Conrad Black and William Shakespeare.
In a post on X , former Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrote that Mr. Murphy “was one of the most intelligent and fiercely free-thinking journalists this county has ever known.” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wrote, “Canada will never have a voice like his again – as a proud Newfoundlander he championed what he believed to be right for our country and was always a good and true friend to Alberta.”
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