Sportsman, philanthropist.
President of Associated Theatre Services, Vice-President of Canadian Picture Pioneers, and President of Film Delivery Services, he was a founding member and President (1950-1951) of the Maple Leaf Curling Club, as well as a member of B’nai B’rith. In the early thirties, Krupp was a star softball player and known for his cigar and good cheer, becoming an unofficial ambassador for Western Canadian Jewry. He died of a heart attack while curling on 21 January 1958 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1989) and Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame (2003).
“Sports world mourns untimely death of Charlie Krupp,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 January 1958, page 16.
Obituary, The Jewish Post and News, 23 January 1958, pp. 10-11.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
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