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Apr 12, 2013 · Ex-Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong's wife killed in Ireland car accident. In a statement, Furlong says his wife, Deborah Sharp Furlong, was killed while vacationing in the southeast...
Apr 13, 2013 · Deborah Sharp Furlong, the wife of former Vancouver 2010 Olympics organizing chief John Furlong and a CBC associate producer, has been killed in a car crash in Ireland. Ireland's Garda...
Nov 2, 2019 · He is survived by wife Irene, daughter Blanche, son Jamie who followed him into the restaurant business, and his four grandsons.
- The Herald Staff
Apr 12, 2013 · VANCOUVER -- The wife of former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong has been killed in a car accident in Ireland. In a statement, Furlong confirmed his wife died Thursday.
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- 'I Did No Such Thing'
- 'I Know You Did It'
- Denies Extortion Claim
At times emotional and at times testy, Furlong took the stand in his own defence at the start of the second week of a landmark civil defamation suit. The reporter who wrote the September 2012 article, Laura Robinson, claims Furlong defamed her in his responses to the piece, implying she was unethical, unprofessional and motivated by a personal vend...
Although Robinson's article only contained allegations of verbal and physical abuse, Furlong said he was told an allegation of sexual abuse was circulating on the internet by the time he held a press conference. He said he thought sexually assaulting a child was the worst thing a person could be accused of "next to killing someone." Furlong said he...
He defended his choice to leave his teaching years out of his book; he said the story of his return as a new immigrant, greeted by a customs agent who said "Welcome to Canada. Make us better" was a better fit for the publisher. "My time in Burns Lake was precious to me," he said. "It's a massive leap to abusing children." In the wake of the article...
Three people sued Furlong in the wake of the article, claiming to have been sexually abused former students. One later withdrew her claim and two others were dismissed after the claimants were proven not to have attended Immaculata. Furlong said he was first approached with an allegation of physical abuse in 2009, and was told that it could be made...
Jul 12, 2021 · During his testimony on Monday, John Furlong indirectly blamed reporter Laura Robinson for the April 11, 2013 death of his wife. Deborah Sharp Furlong died in hospital after a head-on car crash...
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Robinson's response to Furlong's defamation action included additional allegations supported by witness statements that he emotionally, physically, and sexually abused his first wife. A statement from his second wife alleged domestic violence.
