Dane Lanken
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Occupation(s)Journalist, author
SpouseAnna McGarrigle
Dane Lanken | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 9, 1945 |
| Died | March 3, 2023 (aged 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Spouse | Anna McGarrigle |
| Children | 2 |
Dane Lanken (December 9, 1945 – March 3, 2023) was a Canadian journalist and author.
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,[1] 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,[2] which includes photographs by Brian Merrett and Julie Greto. In 2007 he wrote the career biography of folksingers Kate & Anna McGarrigle.[3]