Notable Canadian deaths in 2011: Jack Layton, Betty Fox and NHL enforcers

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December 28, 2011 at 8:19 a.m.

The Canadian Press newsmaker of the year for 2011 is Jack Layton and the most viewed story on CBCNews.ca this year is Layton's last letter to Canadians. He died this year from cancer a few months after leading the NDP to Official Opposition status for the first time in Canadian history.

The photo gallery below features Layton and other prominent Canadians who died in 2011, including four soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

We have pages profiling the passing of prominent people in arts and entertainment and internationally, as well as this list for Canada.

Below the gallery is an index to a longer list of obituaries about Canadians on CBCNews.ca.

This is a list of links to obituaries on the CBC website of prominent Canadian figures who died in 2011.

Roger Abbott

Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic

Frances Bay

Wade Belak

Allan Blakeney

Derek Boogaard

Willard Boyle

Robert Buckman

Ray Butler

Steve Cardiff

William Commanda

Earl Cook

Tom Daly

Barney Danson

Keith Davey

Daisy DeBolt

Peter Donaldson

Malcolm Forsyth

Betty Fox

Alexander Grant

Byron Greff

Ron Haggart

Bob Hinitt

Harley Hotchkiss

Tom Kent

Ken Kostick

Dudley Laws

Jack Layton

David Lui

Karl Manning

Rick Martin

Wallace McCain

Brad McCrimmon

Earl McRae

Fraser Mustard

John Neville

Clifford Olson

Hal Patterson

Nancy Riche

Francis Roy

Rick Rypien

Yannick Scherrer

Ralph Steinman

Stuart Stratton

Gordon Tootoosis

Jim Travers

Brian Vallée

Elwy Yost

Larry Zolf

If there are obituaries that you feel belong on the list but aren't there, please mention them in the comments and include a link if you can.

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