Howard Joseph Darwin[1] (September 10, 1931 – October 22, 2009)[2] was a Canadian businessman and sports team owner.
And Howard's older brothers, Jack and Percy, left to join in World War II.
[7] Darwin died at the Ottawa Civic Hospital at the age of 78 from complications following heart surgery.
[5] Darwin dropped out of high school at age fourteen and sold newspapers for a number of years.
He then apprenticed as a jeweller and opened a watch repair shop on Nicholas Street.
In the 1960s, besides being involved in sports promotion, he started investing in real estate.
The closed-circuit TV business led him into the early years of cable television in Ottawa.