Bruce Noble Garvey (c. 1939 – 1 August 2010) was a British-born Canadian journalist and editor. Born in

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, England, Garvey moved to Ontario, Canada at age 19 and worked at various newspapers such as the ''Stratford Beacon-Herald''. After jobs at

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and the ''

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'', he joined the ''

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'' in 1967 where he held various editorial and bureau chief positions and city editor. In 1977, he moved to broadcast journalism first with

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where he became a producer for '' The Journal's'' documentaries. He later joined the news department at Global Television. He returned to print journalism in 1998 when he became the news editor for ''

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s weekend editions, and became a columnist for the ''

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.

''. In 1970, Garvey and ''

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s Richard Killian were the only reporters present at NASA's Mission Control when the crew of

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first reported the critical equipment failures which changed the lunar mission into a rescue operation. In May 2009, Garvey was diagnosed with

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and died in Wellington, Ontario on 1 August 2010.

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* s 1939 births 2010 deaths Canadian newspaper editors Canadian male journalists Canadian television journalists Deaths from cancer in Ontario Deaths from lung cancer in Canada Journalists from London English expatriates in Canada Toronto Star people {{Canada-journalist-stub