William Norrie (January 21, 1929 – July 6, 2012) was the 39th Mayor of

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, and was a onetime

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of the

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. Norrie was also involved in various charities, and once chaired the United Way of Winnipeg's annual campaign. In August 1992 Norrie's son Duncan was killed in a plane crash over

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. Duncan was honoured by having a street in Winnipeg named after him. Norrie had been the Honorary Consul-General of

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in his later years, and he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in Spring 2009.2009 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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