Stuart Trueman | |
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Born | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | November 6, 1911
Died | April 23, 1995 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | (aged 83)
Occupation | humorist, journalist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1930s-1990s |
Notable works | You're Only as Old as You Act |
Spouse | Mildred Stiles |
Stuart Douglas Trueman (6 November 1911 – 23 April 1995)[1] was a Canadian journalist and humorist, who won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1969 for his book You're Only as Old as You Act.[2]
Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Trueman first joined the city's Telegraph-Journal newspaper after high school as a cartoonist and reporter, later becoming a sportswriter.[3] He became the paper's editor-in-chief in 1951, holding the position until his retirement in 1971,[3] and then continued to write a weekly column for the newspaper until 1993.[3] During his time with the Telegraph-Journal, he covered a visit to the city by Amelia Earhart the day before her solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1932,[4] bringing her a copy of the paper directly off the press before she left so that once she landed she could prove she had flown the whole way.[4] He was also credited with the original discovery of Moncton's Magnetic Hill.[3]
As a writer, Trueman published numerous books of both humour and regional history.[3] In addition to his Leacock Award win in 1969 for You're Only as Old as You Act, he was a shortlisted nominee for the award in 1983 for Don't Let Them Smell the Lobsters Cooking.[5]
He was married to Mildred Trueman (née Stiles),[6] with whom he also collaborated on two cookbooks, Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens (1983) and Mildred Trueman’s New Brunswick Heritage Cookbook: With Age-Old Cures and Medications, Atlantic Fishermen’s Weather Portents and Superstitions (1986).[3]
He died at Saint John Regional Hospital on April 25, 1995.[2]