A Remarkable Heart, A Remarkable Life — Remembering W. Gifford-Jones, MD

It is with a heavy heart that I write to let you know that my father passed away naturally late last evening as fireworks were lighting up the Toronto harbour.

My mother, brothers, and all the members of our family knew he would not live on forever. Yet, even at 101 years of age, his vitality suggested otherwise!

How lucky we are to have had him as the central figure in our family. We hope you feel the same lasting connection, as a great many of you have had him in your lives on a weekly basis for years and years.

We have posted a few brief words of tribute to him on our website. Please visit www.docgiff.com and scroll through the banners at the top of the page. If you would like to share a remembrance, I'll post as many of them as I can.

For his readers, my father has given me the words he would like to share with you, to be published soon in his column.

For now, we invite you to raise a glass to him. We imagine he is pouring himself a rum and coke, sharing many laughs with old friends, and wishing the rest of us Godspeed in solving the world's problems.

Diana