David McLAUCHLIN

McLAUCHLIN, David March 1, 1947 - May 25, 2003
After a two month struggle with brain cancer, David McLauchlin died peacefully on Sunday at the Montreal Neurological Hospital.
David was born in Bancroft, Ontario, to the late Edna and Rev. Bob McLauchlin. David had been CBC Radio News' national reporter from Montreal since 1995. In his twenty-year career as a journalist, he reported from all over the world.
In his work and in his life, his compassion, perception, fearlessness, and fairness shone forth, along with his warmth and fun-loving nature, and will remain in the hearts of everyone whose life he touched.
He leaves behind his wife Dr. Lynn McLauchlin and his sons Matthew and Theodore; sister and brother-in-law Dianne and Rodger Coons of Hamilton, their children Leslie Crompton and Geoffrey Coons and their young families; his brother and sister-in-law Robert McLauchlin and Lynn Kallies and their daughter Kallie, of Thunder Bay; his parents-in-law Irene Mitchell and George Mitchell of California; and dozens of dear friends.
Resting at Collins Clarke Funeral Home, 5610 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, on Wednesday, May 28th from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service Thursday, May 29th in St. Andrews-Dominion Douglas United Church(Roslyn and The Boulevard, Westmount) at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Monteal Neurological Hospital, Médecins Sans Frontières, or the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression are gratefully accepted.