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Peter Kavanagh (producer)

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Peter Gerard Kavanagh (June 12, 1953 – September 7, 2016) was a Canadian radio producer, television producer, and writer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and CBC Radio.^[1] Kavanagh was the creator of Canada Reads, an annual "battle of the books" competition which was first broadcast on CBC Radio in 2002.^[2] Kavanagh first conceived of the idea for what would become Canada Reads after learning of a similar program on public radio in the United States.^[2] On the Canada Reads program, five prominent Canadians, known as "advocates," each select a book. CBC Radio listeners then choose the winner.^[2] Past winners of the competition have included Michael Ondaatje, Joseph Boyden and Kim Thúy.^[2] Kavanagh was a co-producer on the first season of Canada Reads before leaving the show to pursue other CBC projects.^[2]

Kavanagh was born in Deep River, Ontario, on June 12, 1953, as the third of five children of Cyril and Thelma Kavanagh.^[2] He contracted paralytic poliomyelitis when he was just two months old and spent much of his early infancy and childhood as a patient at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.^[2] He endured medical procedures and surgeries throughout his life.^[1] When he was 60-years old, Kavanagh underwent a surgery to lengthen one of his legs, making both legs the same length for the first time.^[1]^[2] As a result of the operation, he had to learn how to walk again.^[2] He documented his experience in his memoir, The Man Who Learned to Walk Three Times, which was published in 2013.^[2]

Kavanagh retired from the CBC in 2013.^[2]

Peter Kavanagh died of a heart attack on September 7, 2016, at the age of 63.^[1]^[2] He was survived by his wife, Debi Goodwin, and their daughter, Jane.^[1]^[2]

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1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Enright |title=Peter Kavanagh |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/american-tragedy-vs-tragically-hip-books-for-a-mad-world-15-hr-work-week-haley-s-decision-1.3753257/peter-kavanagh-1.3753834 |work=CBC Radio |date=2016-09-11 |accessdate=2016-10-04}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²{{cite news|first=Lisa |last=Fitterman |title=Peter Kavanagh: Author and radio producer had a ‘furious intellect’ |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/peter-kavanagh-author-and-radio-producer-had-a-furious-intellect/article32204841/|work=The Globe and Mail |date=2016-10-02 |accessdate=2016-10-04}}

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