Dane Lanken (December 9, 1945 – March 3, 2023) was a Canadian journalist and author.
Career
Lanken was a film critic for the
Montreal Gazette from 1967 to 1977, and was then a freelance journalist who wrote regularly for
Canadian Geographic,
among other publications such as
Glengarry Life, the annual volume of the Glengarry Historical Society.
Lanken wrote Montreal Movie Palaces: Great Theatres of the Golden Era 1884 - 1938,
Personal life and death
Lanken was married to singer-songwriter
Anna McGarrigle, and had appeared as a vocalist on several of her albums with her sister
Kate McGarrigle. McGarrigle and Lanken had two children, Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken, and lived near the
Eastern Ontario town of Alexandria, in North Glengarry.
Lanken died on March 3, 2023.
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