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   From: cough@sjrb.ca   
      
   TORONTO — Arthur Porter, a cancer specialist who was facing   
   fraud charges related to a $1.3 billion hospital project in   
   Montreal, died Wednesday in Panama after a lengthy battle with   
   lung cancer, his biographer said. He was 59.   
      
   Jeff Todd, who helped Porter write "The Man Behind the Bow Tie,"   
   said Porter died at a hospital in Panama, where he was fighting   
   extradition to Canada. Todd said he was informed of the death by   
   Porter's friend and physician Dr. Karol Sikora.   
      
   Sikora said in a statement that Porter's death was sudden, and   
   that doctors thought the oncologist would live for another two   
   or three weeks. He died alone.   
      
   Todd said Porter, who had been battling the disease since   
   December 2012, was released from detention in the Central   
   American country six weeks ago to undergo treatment.   
      
   He was the former head of the McGill University Health Centre   
   and was once appointed by the prime minister to head the   
   Security Intelligence Review Committee, a CSIS watchdog group.   
      
   In joining SIRC, Porter was also sworn to the Privy Council. He   
   was elevated to SIRC's chair two years later but resigned in   
   December 2011 following published reports of his business links   
   to an international arms dealer.   
      
   After moving to the Bahamas, he was arrested along with his   
   wife, Pamela, during a flight layover in Panama. Porter had been   
   detained since May 2013 in Panama as he fought extradition to   
   Canada.   
      
   Police allege that he accepted a bribe of several million   
   dollars from former executives of SNC-Lavalin for awarding the   
   firm the contract for a hospital project, but Porter denied   
   committing any fraud.   
      
   The McGill health center issued a brief statement on Wednesday   
   extending condolences to Porter's family. He leaves behind his   
   wife and three daughters.   
      
   Pamela Porter was sentenced in December to 33 months in jail   
   after she pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering in   
   connection with her husband's case.   
      
   Todd called Porter's death on Canada Day "stranger than fiction"   
   because of his highly publicized standoff with the Canadian   
   authorities for extradition.   
      
   http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/01/world/ap-cn-canada-   
   obit-arthur-porter.html?_r=0   
       
      
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