Dane Lanken (December 9, 1945 – March 3, 2023) was a Canadian journalist and author.

Career

Lanken was a film critic for the ''

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'' from 1967 to 1977, and was then a freelance journalist who wrote regularly for ''

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'', among other publications such as ''Glengarry Life'', the annual volume of the Glengarry Historical Society. Lanken wrote ''Montreal Movie Palaces: Great Theatres of the Golden Era 1884 - 1938'', which includes photographs by Brian Merrett and Julie Greto. In 2007 he wrote the career biography of folksingers

Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kate McGarrigle (February 6, 1946 – January 18, 2010) and Anna McGarrigle (born December 4, 1944) were a duo of folk rock and country folk Canadian singer-songwriters (and sisters) from Quebec, who performed together until Kate's death in 2010 ...

Personal life and death

Lanken was married to singer-songwriter Anna McGarrigle, and had appeared as a vocalist on several of her albums with her sister Kate McGarrigle. McGarrigle and Lanken had two children, Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken, and lived near the

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town of Alexandria, in North Glengarry. Lanken died on March 3, 2023.

References

External links

Dane Lanken profile at Penumbra Press
1945 births 2023 deaths Writers from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Montreal Gazette people McGarrigle–Wainwright–Roche family Canadian film critics {{Canada-journalist-stub