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Canadian figure skater and painter

Toller Shalitoe Montague CranstonCM (April 20, 1949 – January 24, 2015)^[1] was a Canadian figure skater and painter.

He won the 1971–1976 Canadian national championships, the 1974 World bronze medal and the 1976 Olympic bronze medal. Despite never winning at the World Figure Skating Championships due to his poor compulsory figures, he won the small medal for free skating at the 1972 and 1974 championships.

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Cranston is credited by many with having brought a new level of artistry to men's figure skating.^[2]

Personal life

Cranston was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1949 and grew up in Kirkland Lake.

When he was 11, his family moved to suburban Montreal.^[3] Growing up, Cranston had an uneasy relationship with his family, especially his mother, who was a painter and who he says had a domineering and self-centred personality.

He later compared his childhood to "being in jail"; in school he had t