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Events on Tuesday 3 July 2001 1
1931 – 2001Mordecai Richler (1931-2001)Died 3 July 2001, aged 70Richler was a novelist and essayist whose satirical books, including The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Barney's Version, drew on the Jewish working-class Montreal of his youth. His mockery of Quebec nationalism made him a polarising figure at home. He also wrote the children's book Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.