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Memorable Manitobans: Charles “Charlie” Krupp (1906-1958)

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.

Sources:

“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: 11 November 2022

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