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Randy STARKMAN Obituary
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for Randy STARKMAN
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Carolyn Jack
April 23, 2012
Sending thoughts of comfort to lovely Mary. My heart is with you and your little girl at this dreadful time. I am so so sorry for your loss.
Ken MacQueen
April 19, 2012
Rowing Canada sent me a picture I'll treasure. It shows Randy, me, and a couple of others interviewing some of the men's eight rowing team in Beijing. That's the way it was over many of the Olympics I covered in Randy's slipstream. I may not know much about rowing, or speedskating or whatever, but I knew enough to stand near the smartest person in the media pen.
He would beat you clean, and often, never lording it over you, and always generous with a personal nugget or two about his athletes. I suppose I learned a thing or two about the sports over the years, but the greatest thing I learned from Randy was to find the Clara, the Jenn, the Mike, the Dom—the person—inside the athlete or coach. He loved his athletes and I saw why they loved him back. He was gentle, and kind and sharp. He treated them as people, showing them the latest picture of his daughter or sharing a little aside about something Mary had said.
Randy reinforced to me that you can be a better journalist by being a better person. He was the best of us.
Ken MacQueen, Maclean's.
Charles Tator
April 18, 2012
Randy Starkman was an excellent journalist, and also a friend of mine. When I needed help with ways to engage the sports world in injury prevention measures, Randy was always there to guide me and ThinkFirst, the organization for which I volunteer. Whenever Randy called for my input on any of the stories he was pursuing, I always enjoyed the interaction. He was such a decent and kind man. He could always differentiate between the current state of affairs, and the ideal with respect to athletes' safety. For example, he brought a fresh perspective to the issue of concussions in both the amateur and professional hockey worlds. His articles on concussions in the NHL, and his list of the pros who had to leave the game because of repetitive concussions were classics.
I have lost a friend, and the sports world has lost a prized commenter. Charles Tator, ThinkFirst Canada and Neurosurgeon, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
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