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Tim Cook remembered as ‘a great historian and a finer human’

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Canadian historian and author Tim Cook, pictured in 2008, died at the age of 53 on Oct. 26.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

October 29, 2025

Award-winning Ottawa-based author and historian Tim Cook is being remembered not only for his contributions to Canadian history, but also for his humanity.

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