After Last Night

June 23, 2010 3:03 AM

Tracy Wright, a wonderful gem of the Toronto theatre and film scene, has died.
posted by Alex404 (23 comments total)

It's odd, because I'm not one for obit posts, and I didn't even know her name before I read about it. But I loved just about everything she was ever in, and was quite saddened by the news. I'll very much miss her presence.
posted by Alex404 at 3:06 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by dobbs at 4:09 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by govtdrone at 4:15 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by Isosceles at 5:15 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by typewriter at 5:26 AM on June 23, 2010

I didn't recognize the name, either, but she was referenced by people I know on Facebook, so I looked her up...
I realized she was in one of my favourite Kids In The Hall sketches ("This is crazy." "We're involved in craziness.")

my respects.
posted by I, Credulous at 5:45 AM on June 23, 2010

Fucking cancer.

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posted by chunking express at 5:52 AM on June 23, 2010

Dead from pancreatic cancer. What a way to go.

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posted by pxe2000 at 5:55 AM on June 23, 2010

A short film, with Tracy, made by her partner Don McKellar.
posted by typewriter at 6:23 AM on June 23, 2010

She will be missed.

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posted by Felicity Rilke at 6:31 AM on June 23, 2010

I loved her in "Me and You and Everyone We Know".

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posted by kyrademon at 6:47 AM on June 23, 2010

I'm so sad for Don McKellar.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 7:06 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by Ouisch at 7:43 AM on June 23, 2010

This is terribly sad. She was such an excellent, understated actress.
posted by bayliss at 9:14 AM on June 23, 2010

Really too bad. Met her at the short film festival in Norway years ago, she was very nice.
posted by chococat at 10:51 AM on June 23, 2010

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posted by Beardman at 11:36 AM on June 23, 2010

I'd almost forgotten about the crazy cat lady in Twitch City. Damn.


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posted by Spatch at 11:51 AM on June 23, 2010

Oh, nooo.

I loved her in Last Night, which I've been meaning to watch again. Imagine how much fun it would be to have David Cronenberg as your boss at the gas company.
posted by vickyverky at 1:46 PM on June 23, 2010

I was really sad to hear the news on the CBC this morning. 50 years old. Jeez.

kyrademon: I loved her in "Me and You and Everyone We Know".

Me too. Of all the roles I've seen Tracy Wright play (and she was great in all of them), that was my favourite. I just loved the scene in the park that they link to at the end of the article.

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posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:06 PM on June 23, 2010

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posted by Flashman at 2:55 PM on June 23, 2010

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posted by Joad at 8:31 PM on June 23, 2010

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posted by VanishingPoint at 5:37 AM on June 24, 2010

Tracy's partner Don McKellar's beautiful email to their inner circle of friends was published in Maclean's this week.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 1:08 PM on July 9, 2010 [4 favorites]