Writer, editor, teacher and profilic freelancer Bob Collins has died

It's a very sad day when you hear that one of Canada's great editors, writing teachers, freelance writers and authors, Bob Collins, has died. But it was a great privilege to have known him and been the object of his gentle and pleasant ways.[UPDATE: See funeral details at the end of this post*.]When I first met Bob he had one of the best magazine writing jobs in Canada, to my mind, as "at large"