Jack Poole honoured at Vancouver funeral
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 7:19 PM PT
The Canadian Press
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Pallbearers carry the casket of Jack Poole after a service at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver Tuesday. (CBC)Jack Poole has been remembered as a man who made everyone around him feel good and was always willing to help those who needed it.
The tributes came at a funeral in Vancouver Tuesday for Poole, who led the effort to bring the 2010 Olympics to the city.
Poole died of cancer at the age of 76 last Friday, just hours after the Olympic torch was lit in Greece for the February Games.
The service at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Vancouver drew hundreds of mourners, including family and friends, Games CEO John Furlong, federal Sport Minister Gary Lunn and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell.
Outside the church, Poole's business partner David Podmore read a statement from Poole's wife Darlene saying the last two years of the family's time with Jack was precious.
The statement also said: "Jack died knowing that the Olympic flame had been lit and comforted that the Games are in the best of hands. His spirit will live on in the Games that lie ahead."
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