12 October 2016(2016-10-12) (aged 82) Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Residence(s)
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Bryan Pearson (30 May 1934 – 12 October 2016), nicknamed Sedluk or Salluk, meaning skinny in Inuktitut,[1] was a territorial level politician from the Northwest Territories, in what is now Nunavut, Canada.
Early life
Pearson was born in Liverpool, England 30 May 1934. He had two siblings, a brother - Robert and a sister - Val Pearson, who grew up in the Wirral Merseyside.
Beginning in the 1960s he began several businesses including the original taxi service, Astro Theatre (in 1994, the first, and as of 2016 the only cinema in Nunavut), Arctic Ventures (which he later sold to Kenn Harper). He also worked as the communities undertaker for many years and had a hearse shipped in.[1][3]
While on holiday in Australia he was diagnosed with pancreatic[4] or liver cancer, which was confirmed on his return to Canada.[1] He died at his home in Iqaluit on 12 October 2016.[1] The town mourned his lost, Queen Elizabeth sent a letter of condolences and the Canadian territories hung the flag at half mast in Pearson's honour. A plaque remembering Pearson is to be opened in Liverpool Cathedral, one of Bryan's favourite places.
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