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| | Public Triumph, Private Tragedy - Steve Paikin - Penguin Books |
 | | John Parmenter Robarts, nicknamed 'Chairman of the Board,' became Ontario premier in 1961 and set a course to transform the largest provincial government in Canada into a modern, sophisticated operation. |
 | | Robarts never recovered from that devastating event, and in 1981, he suffered a series of debilitating strokes that contributed to the deterioration of his second marriage. |
 | | Robarts had always been an active man, and when he found he could no longer socialize or go hunting, fishing, or boating—all the things that had defined him—he decided to end his life. |
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