Award-winning poet and novelist Patrick Lane has died of a heart attack at age 79. Publisher McClelland & Stewart made the announcement Thursday evening, calling Lane "one of Canada's most renowned writers." Just heard the poet and novelist Patrick Lane has died. He wrote his first novel, Red Dog Red Dog in 2009. in 1939, Lane lived near Victoria with his wife, poet Lorna Crozier.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2019 03:22 UTC