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One-time Ottawa resident, Chris Taylor, who helped raise awareness of the need for bone marrow donors while himself suffering from leukemia, died Tuesday in a Toronto hospital. He was 37.
“He touched a lot of people,” said Gregg McCabe, a partner with Taylor in the establishment of two of Ottawa’s more popular pubs, Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub and Restaurant on Merivale Road and Crazy Horse Stone Grill in Kanata. “He was a very charismatic guy and extremely well liked.”
Taylor, a Brockville native, was the general manager of Crazy Horse for a time before moving to Toronto about 10 years ago to establish a Grace O’Malley’s franchise on Duncan Street in Toronto.
In 2012, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and for the next two years was in and out of hospital for chemotherapy while awaiting a bone-marrow transplant.
His plight prompted him to campaign to raise awareness of the disease, and, in particular, of the Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, a registry that has access to millions of potential volunteer donors in 71 countries.
Both the Kanata and Toronto bars staged “swab parties” to help find a bone marrow match for Taylor.
Taylor had two false alarms about potential matches until finally getting a transplant last summer, McCabe said. Unfortunately, he said, “it didn’t work” and the disease finally claimed Taylor’s life.
“It is with a heavy heart that (Grace O’Malley’s) announces the passing of our beloved longtime general manager,” the pub posted Tuesday on its Facebook site.
Friends and patrons responded with sorrow. “He was a larger-than-life guy,” said one Gracie O’Malley colleague, Dirk Aumueller.
“Even in his time of greatest need, he was not selfish,” Aumueller said, noting Taylor’s efforts on behalf of OneMatch.
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“He touched a lot of people,” said Gregg McCabe, a partner with Taylor in the establishment of two of Ottawa’s more popular pubs, Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub and Restaurant on Merivale Road and Crazy Horse Stone Grill in Kanata. “He was a very charismatic guy and extremely well liked.”
Taylor, a Brockville native, was the general manager of Crazy Horse for a time before moving to Toronto about 10 years ago to establish a Grace O’Malley’s franchise on Duncan Street in Toronto.
In 2012, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and for the next two years was in and out of hospital for chemotherapy while awaiting a bone-marrow transplant.
His plight prompted him to campaign to raise awareness of the disease, and, in particular, of the Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, a registry that has access to millions of potential volunteer donors in 71 countries.
Both the Kanata and Toronto bars staged “swab parties” to help find a bone marrow match for Taylor.
Taylor had two false alarms about potential matches until finally getting a transplant last summer, McCabe said. Unfortunately, he said, “it didn’t work” and the disease finally claimed Taylor’s life.
“It is with a heavy heart that (Grace O’Malley’s) announces the passing of our beloved longtime general manager,” the pub posted Tuesday on its Facebook site.
Friends and patrons responded with sorrow. “He was a larger-than-life guy,” said one Gracie O’Malley colleague, Dirk Aumueller.
“Even in his time of greatest need, he was not selfish,” Aumueller said, noting Taylor’s efforts on behalf of OneMatch.
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