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==Early life== |
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Elway McMurran Yost was born on 10 July 1925 in the [[Toronto]] suburb of [[Weston, Toronto|Weston]], [[Ontario]].<ref name = "Official Obit"> |
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| issn = 0832-1299 |
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| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for-elwy-yost/176195910/ |
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| author = CBC Staff |
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| date = 22 July 2011 |
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| work = [[CBC News]] |
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| publisher = [[Canadian Broadcast Corporation]] |
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| access-date = 7 July 2025 |
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}}</ref> Yost graduated from the [[Weston Collegiate Institute|Weston Collegiate and Vocational School]] in 1943.<ref name="Who2002">{{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who|year=2002|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]}}</ref> |
}}</ref> Yost graduated from the [[Weston Collegiate Institute|Weston Collegiate and Vocational School]] in 1943.<ref name="Who2002">{{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who|year=2002|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]}}</ref> |
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He began studies at the [[University of Toronto]] in 1943, and studied engineering but left in 1944, after failing his exams, and joined the Canadian Infantry in 1944. He was honorably discharged in September 1945. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Sociology]] in 1948, he worked variously in construction, at the [[Canadian National Exhibition]], made an independent film with a classmate and acted in summerstock theatre.<ref name=cbcobit>{{Cite news |
He began studies at the [[University of Toronto]] in 1943, and studied engineering but left in 1944, after failing his exams, and joined the Canadian Infantry in 1944. He was honorably discharged in September 1945. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Sociology]] in 1948, he worked variously in construction, at the [[Canadian National Exhibition]], made an independent film with a classmate and acted in summerstock theatre.<ref name=cbcobit/><ref name="globe" /> In 1951, he was working in the circulation department of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' where he met his future wife, Lila Melby. In 1952 he acted in a small part in the movie ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''. He also worked in the [[Avro Canada]] personnel department from 1953 until 1959 when he and most of the staff were laid off due to the cancellation of the [[Avro Arrow]] project. He then worked as an English and History teacher at [[Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute]] in [[Etobicoke]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=cbcobit/> |
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}}</ref><ref name="globe" /> In 1951, he was working in the circulation department of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' where he met his future wife, Lila Melby. In 1952 he acted in a small part in the movie ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''. He also worked in the [[Avro Canada]] personnel department from 1953 until 1959 when he and most of the staff were laid off due to the cancellation of the [[Avro Arrow]] project. He then worked as an English and History teacher at [[Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute]] in [[Etobicoke]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=cbcobit/> |
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==Career in television== |
==Career in television== |
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