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George Bloomfield passed away on May 13, 2011. He was my first mentor. Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1930, he began his career as an actor and went on to become one of the stellar directors of the CBC's Golden Age of Television directing such memorable productions as "Heloise and Abelard" with Susan Clark and "A Cheap Bunch of Nice Flowers" with Colleen Dewhurst. He taught at the National Theatre School in Montreal and directed the world premiere of George Ryga's landmark Canadian play "The Ecstasy of Rita Joe". He directed the first two seasons of "SCTV" as well as diverse TV fare such as "Fraggle Rock", "La Femme Nikita", "Nero Wolfe" (starring his nephew, the late Maury Chaykin) and "Due South".