Lawrence River were preparing to elect a "prairie lawyer" as their 16th president. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean as part of Michael Francklin's initiative to settle Nova Scotia with farmers from that area of northern England, an effort credited with having preserved the Maritimes from becoming a battlefield in the American Revolution.Īround the time of the American Civil War, Garrison's great-grandparents migrated westward, and they passed through Kingston, Ontario, at a time when folks south of the St. His Wikipedia page describes his ancestry as being "Scottish-Norwegian." Though there is one Norwegian name in his family tree (Trenholm), and both the names Keillor and Crandall appear along his father's lineage (Native languages expert Joseph Crandall and African-American girls' educator Prudence Crandall being among those he highlighted in his 2004 book "Hometown Democrat"), the Keillor family actually appears to have emerged from Yorkshire (the earliest known ancestral home along his paternal line), having at least passed through there in the 18th century. According to his Wikipedia page, his family were members of the fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren church in Anoka, a church that apparently discouraged card-playing, dancing, and going to movies (the entry makes a point of mentioning that Garrison is not part of that church today, having opted for the Episcopal faith according to a 2006 article in "Christianity Today" Joyce Wadler of the New York Times pointed out the irony of his parent's fundamentalist beliefs and the fact that he starred in a film around that same time period). The person, Gary Edward Keillor, was born in Anoka, Minnesota, to carpenter and postal worker John Philip Keillor and his now near-centenarian wife. Paul, Minnesota it was then broadcast during the 6-to-9 am morning slot on Minnesota Public Radio. Indeed, the program started in 1974 much the same as the Opry, performing in front of a live audience at the Janet Wallace Auditorium of Macalester College in St.
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The world knows Garrison (Gary Edward) Keillor through his long-running program "A Prairie Home Companion."Īccording to the Wikipedia page on the program, Keillor became engrossed in the idea of starting his own early 20th century-style variety show after researching an article on the Grand Ole Opry of Nashville, Tennessee (USA). The show, now titled “Live from Here,” continues with Keillor’s hand-picked successor, mandolinist Chris Thile.Gary Edward, better known as Garrison, Keillor, born August 7, 1942
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Keillor, 75, retired in 2016 as host of “Prairie Home,” a Saturday evening radio variety show he created in 1974. The network also ended broadcasts of “The Writer’s Almanac,” Keillor’s daily reading of literary events and a poem, and ended rebroadcasts of Keillor-hosted “Prairie Home” shows. MPR has removed from its website archived “A Prairie Home Companion” shows featuring Keillor. “Unfortunately, the mediation sessions have not produced the final settlements we had hoped for,” the station said. The station said it had avoided releasing more information about the allegations while it was in mediation with Keillor “and the other parties in this matter.”
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MPR said Keillor and his attorney declined to give access to his computer, emails and text messages to allow a full investigation. MPR said Keillor responded to the allegations with his attorney present. 26 and launched an independent investigation a few days later. MPR said that employee refused to identify the alleged victim or detail what happened to her, and MPR didn’t get specifics of the allegations until it received letters from the former employee Sept. The station also disputed that Keillor was fired in a rush, laying out a timeline in which it launched an internal investigation after receiving a general allegation against Keillor from a former employee - not the alleged victim - in late August. “If the full 12-page letter or even a detailed summary of the alleged incidents were to be made public, we believe that would clarify why MPR ended its business relationship with Garrison and correct the misunderstandings and misinformation about the decision,” he added.