Canadian civil rights lawyer and legal giant Clayton Ruby died this week at the age of 80. Here is how he is being remembered.
Celebrated civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby dead at 80Distinguished civil rights lawyer and activist, Clayton Ruby, is dead at the age of 80. Ruby worked on cases that defined Canadian legal history from the exoneration of Guy Paul Morin to the rights of LGBTQ people.
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