I didn't know Lorne Greene had done so much with radio and broadcasting. He must have been an early adopter in his generation. These days where might he be in broadcasting? I bet he'd have a podcast and a web radio show, at the very least. But, no one lives forever. I remember his voice.

Canada's Walk of Fame - Lorne Green He was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2015.

Lorne Greene was born Lyon Himan Green on February 12, 1915, in Ottawa, Ontario, to Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, Dora (née Grinovsky) and Daniel Green, a shoemaker. He hand an older brother who died in the 1918 flu epidemic, no other siblings. His parents wanted him to be a concert violinist. He spent summers teaching drama at Camp Arowhon (1934?) in Algonquin Provincial Park.

I wanted to do a wildlife series. I kept remembering those days in Algonquin Park, drifting along in the bottom of a canoe, and I wanted to transfer that feeling to the viewers. - Lorne Greene

When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes. - Lorne Greene

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist. - Lorne Greene

I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun! - Lorne Greene

He studied chemical engineering at Queen's University. Then switched his major to English and French so he could perform in either language in theatre productions and the drama guild, for which he produced, directed and acted. At CFRC, the campus radio station and one of the oldest operating radio stations in the world, where he experimented with live broadcasts and vocal diction.

He became the chief news broadcaster for the CBC from 1939 to 1942. He narrated documentaries for the National Film Board, including Churchill's Island which won an award for best short documentary. During that time he invented a reverse chronometer (a backward-running watch) for broadcasters, known as the Greene Stopwatch. This allowed news segments to end with split-second precision.

He served in the Second World War as a flying officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war he co-founded the Jupiter Theatre an taught at the Academy of Radio Arts. In 1950, he was hired to host Newsmagazine. He also acted at the Stratford Theatre. He also sang, he had a mid-60’s hit, Ringo.

Best known for his roles in Bonanza (Ben Cartwright) and Battlestar Galactica. He also appeared in the mini-series Roots in 1977. In 1980 he took on the role of North-West Mounted Police officer, Sam Steele, in Klondike Fever.

Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969. Awarded the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement at the Gemini Awards in 1987, and Canada's Walk of Fame in 2015 after his death.

He was married twice: first to Rita Hands of Toronto in 1938, with whom he had twins, and later to Nancy Deale in 1961, with whom he had one child.

He was involved with environmental conservation through his series Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness in 1982 until 1987. Co-produced by Greene’s son, Charles.

Deceased in 1987, at age 72. Queen’s University honors him through the Lorne Greene Award for outstanding theatrical achievement. Canada Post featured him in the Canadians in Hollywood stamp series in 2006.

A man's never wrong doing what he thinks is right. - Lorne Greene

Learn about life and when fate takes you by the hand, go. Do it. Dare to do. - Lorne Greene

We used our brains to create and program them, and now we have to continue to use our brains to prevent computers from taking over our lives. -Lorne Greene

I find that the harder I work, the younger I feel. - Lorne Greene

I've never gotten into a heated argument with people. Heat diffuses reason. -Lorne Greene

• The Canadian Encyclopedia - Lorne Greene
• History of Canadian Broadcasting - Lorne Greene 1915 - 1987