Talk:Sam Sniderman

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Birth place[edit]

He was born in Toronto? Maybe I'm mistaking him for his father but from a documentary I watched about him many years ago, I thought he came over from Europe not speaking much english and with a different last name. When immigration officials asked him for a last name, he thought they were asking him about his profession. He answered "snider" (which was a shoemaker) and thus he became Sam Sniderman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.212.208.102 (talk) 11:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have a true story but the wrong person, that was his father coming to Montreal.

Someone could include the story with the family's original surname?

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EDLIS Café 14:32, 19 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdRicardo (talkcontribs)

His obituary in The Star mentioned he was born in Toronto, and lived in Kensington Market, which at the time he was growing up, was a Jewish enclave. The article can be seen here Sam the Record Man founder Sam Sniderman dies at 92.--Abebenjoe (talk) 15:37, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Photos[edit]

Anybody have a photo they can donate for use on Wikipedia? We really need a free image of this guy, he represents Toronto for anyone above the age of about 30... Oaktree b (talk) 03:00, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In a ship accident?[edit]

This newspaper article[1] lists a "Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sniderman... of Toronto" as passengers who were aboard the cruise ship SS Shalom when it collided with a tanker in 1964. It seems likely to me that this is the same Sam Sniderman that this article is about, but I have no way to confirm it. Should this be added to the article or not? --174.95.161.129 (talk) 06:11, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "19 Lost as Liner Slices Tanker". Globe and Mail. Toronto. 1964-09-27. p. 1.