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— With Times Colonist files from Carla Wilson, Lindsay Kines, Darron Kloster and Rob Shaw, Get the day's top Times Colonist headlines emailed to you every morning. James Randi, the magician and skeptic who helped expose Uri Geller, who claimed to bend spoons with his mind, has died at 92. Jones’s most high-profile case as a lawyer came when he represented the Germany-born Frank Hertel, whose International Electronics Corp. was launched in 1984 in Victoria under a federal scientific tax credits program. Fred Dean, fearsome pass rusher of 49ers’ dynasty, dies battling COVID-19. His father was vice-admiral George Jones, chief of naval staff of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. But the scheme collapsed after Revenue Canada (now the Canada Revenue Agency) said it was owed more than $30 million in back taxes and began seizing assets in 1985. Golden Age actress and singer Rhonda Fleming has died at 97. Now, the iconic entertainer's cause of death … Search Obituaries & Guest Books on Legacy.com, Honor a loved one, place an obituary notice, Bob Biggs, founder of iconic L.A. independent label Slash Records, dies at 74. Jones put a record 167 albums on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Jones attended Brentwood College and Lakefield College School in Ontario before attending the University of British Columbia for his undergraduate studies and law degree. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the George F. Jones Scholarship through Rugby Canada or the other charities he was heavily involved with including the Elder Care Foundation, Cridge Centre for the Family, Parkinson Canada and Kiwanis Pavilion. He’d gone off the wagon and said he had taken his first drink in more than a decade, although he said the accident was caused because he was changing a cassette in his car’s stereo and took his eyes off the road. The legendary George Jones passed away last Friday (April 26) at the age of 81, leaving behind a towering musical legacy of more than five decades. rival in Canadian Premier League soccer, Pacific FC takes helm of Royal Bay soccer academy, Former Royals GM Cam Hope named new CEO of B.C. RELATED: George Jones and Johnny Cash sing. He was just that guy.”. “If you ain’t a cute little fellow or a girl with a cute butt, they’re not interested,” Jones told The Times in a 2006 interview. He finished his career at Horne Coupar. Transit bus, Four rear-end crashes reported on Pat Bay Highway, Police look into possible pellet gun or slingshot damage at school board office, Victoria police investigating two knife reports, fight in Centennial Square, Indigenous group planning one-hour blockade at Pat Bay Highway on Friday, B.C. Appreciation: Al Padilla was more than just an East L.A. coaching legend.

But when anyone asked him for help, he helped them. In 1950 he married Dorothy Bonvillion, with whom he had a daughter, Susan, but the couple divorced within about a year, and Jones was periodically in legal difficulty for not paying child support. Former Arco CEO Lodwrick Cook, who staged one of the zaniest charity telethons in history to rebuild L.A.'s Central Library, has died at 92. “He was larger than life and impossible to miss. Tony-nominated actor Anthony Chisholm, a familiar face to Center Theatre Group patrons, has died at 77. He’d already had firsthand experience in that realm.

“He had such a mischievous and self-deprecating sense of humour,” said Brett Jones. By 1996, he was playing 120 shows a year.

Jones with his daughter, Georgette, in Los Angeles. His earliest successes came with upbeat numbers that showcased the upper part of his vocal range, but soon he would exploit the rich, deep notes at the other end of his range. George Jones was born in Victoria on Sept. 22, 1933.

The eldest of two sons, George grew up in a loving family but during tough economic times of the Great Depression. Tags:Alan Jackson George Jones George Jones' Funeral Grand Ole Opry Patty Loveless Vince Gill. When George Jones recorded He Stopped Loving Her Today, he didn't just need a hit -- he needed a lifeline.

George was born in Evansville, Indiana on February 21, 1928, to father George Jones, Sr. and mother Lillian Jones (Russell). Former Times staff writer Geoff Boucher contributed to this report.

He was predeceased by wife Lou (née Sine) and is survived by wife Linda (née Bowles), children Lynne, Wendy, Cate, Sue, Brett, Scott and Sara, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and sister Helen Heaney. Find out what's happening in your community. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” was one of Jones’ best-known hits. “But that was just his facade.

He works his rough Texas voice with a noble gravity, wringing from every word its full color and power. Snow forecast for some parts of Island on Friday, RCMP investigating report of man trying to sell drugs on B.C.