Fisher remained outspoken where others sought refuge in silence

Doug Fisher was an unaffected man who practiced freedom of speech, two qualities still prized in the trade.

OTTAWA—Death smoothes the sharp edges of memory. Journalists last week eulogized their late colleague Douglas Fisher as a kind of Santa Claus, a gentle giant, a lovable curmudgeon. They could not have known him well.

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