Musician.
Born at St. Paul, Minnesota around 1901, son of railwayman Edwin Clyde Green (c1865-1916) and Olive H. Green (c1872-?), he came to Winnipeg with his parents in 1913 and attended Kelvin High School and the University of Manitoba. He became active in music at an early age, playing under conductor Hugo Regnold. He played the organ or piano at the Allen Theatre and Orpheum Theatre and was involved in early radio and television programming in Winnipeg. At the time of his death, he had his own series of programs on CBC. He was Musical Director at the Winnipeg Arena and his orchestra played at many musical events. He was a member of the Lions Club of Winnipeg, AF & AM (Tuscon Lodge), and St. Matthews Anglican Church. He died unmarried at his Winnipeg home, 563 Sherburn Street, on 14 July 1965.
Death registration [Edwin Clyde Green], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Obituary [B. C. Green], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 February 1916, page 12.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 16 July 1965.
“Houses I have known” by Dorothy Garbutt, Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 1970, page 22.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 September 2024
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