Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper, OC, OM, QC, LL.M, Ph.D. (August 11, 1932 - October 7, 2003), Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate, was the founder of CanWest Global Communications Corp. Israel Asper was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba, the son of musicians who had emigrated from Ukraine. Asper attended the University of Manitoba. In 1957 he received his Bachelor of law degree from the University of Manitoba, and was called to the bar shortly thereafter. Wikipedia
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Israel Asper, known to most Canadians as Izzy Asper, the founder of one of the country's media empires, died in Winnipeg on October 7, 2003. www.cbc.ca/news/background/asper/
