And on a sad note...

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It appears that Leo Mol passed away on July 4th. Probably best known by Winnipegers for his work displayed in the Leo Mol sculpture garden at Assiniboine Park, he was quite a prolific sculptor.

I know I used the sculpture garden and attached English Garden for a lot of my summer photos, so it does make me a bit sad to know that Leo is gone.

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[lilsongbird]

I met him a few times. He randomly gave me a hug once. Really sweet guy. Did he ever finish his self bust to be displayed in the park bust row?

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You know, that's something that I couldn't honestly tell you!

From everything I've been hearing on the radio he was an amazing guy, and apparently had a lot of things from his younger years that he didn't tell a lot of people (but were revealed to a filmographer doing a documentary); so from your post I wouldn't be surprised if very few others knew his wedding story.

The funny thing about both Leo Mol and Alex Colville is that I suffer the 6-degrees+1 of separation. Both people in my friends' families and my in-laws knew both these artists, and for what-ever reason I just never managed to meet them!