Red Burnett
(1910-1979)
Canadian sports journalist
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Robert James "Red" Burnett (1910 or 1911 – April 1, 1979) was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for the Toronto Star, he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Burnett joined the Star in 1927 originally as a copy boy, and retired in 1975. He died of a heart attack in 1979 at the age of 68. At the time of his death, he had returned to the Star to work as a copy editor as part-time job.
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1 April 1979 (aged 68) Scarborough, Ontario
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