{"id":31435,"date":"2014-12-24T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=31435"},"modified":"2014-12-24T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:46:24","slug":"brock-mourns-the-loss-of-eddie-greenspan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/12\/brock-mourns-the-loss-of-eddie-greenspan\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock mourns the loss of Eddie Greenspan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In June 2012, Greenspan receives his honorary doctorate from University Chancellor Ned Goodman. <\/p><\/div>\n

The Brock community is deeply saddened to learn of the death today (Dec. 24) \u00a0of legendary lawyer, Niagara native and Brock honorary alumnus Eddie Greenspan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Greenspan died in Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by his family. He was two months shy of his 71st birthday.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Greenspan went on to become Canada’s most famous defence lawyer by taking on such high-profile clients as Robert Latimer, Conrad Black, Karlheinz Schreiber and former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan. His busy career also included successful chapters as a journalist, author, TV host and social advocate.<\/p>\n

\"greenspan-surgite-cover-1\"Greenspan was also a friend of Brock University.<\/p>\n

In June 2012, with his beaming family looking on, Greenspan was presented with an honorary doctorate degree at Brock. Always proud of his roots, Greenspan used his convocation address<\/a> to regale his fellow graduates and their families with tales about growing up in Niagara.<\/p>\n

Then during the 2013 winter term he taught a credit course<\/a> in political science. In February 2013 he appeared on the cover of Surgite<\/a>, the University’s alumni magazine.<\/p>\n

Greenspan’s impact on the course of Canadian justice reached far beyond the celebrity status of some of his clients, and many say he played a key role in keeping capital punishment abolished in Canada.<\/p>\n

At a time when public opinion was swinging in favour of the death penalty, Greenspan in 1986 and ’87 spent a lot of his own time and money touring the country, imploring the public and politicians to think carefully before putting the issue to a parliamentary vote. Ultimately, a House of Commons proposal to restore capital punishment was voted down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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