What is Richard Gwyn?
{{Infobox writer |name = Richard Gwyn |image = Richard Gwyn - 2012 (DanH-4066) (cropped).jpg |alt = Richard Gwyn at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2012 |caption = Gwyn at the [[Eden Mills Writers' Festival]] in 2012 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|05|26}} |birth_place = [[Bury St. Edmunds]], England |death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|8|15|1934|5|26}} |death_place = |other_names = | notableworks = ''The Northern Magus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians'', ''John A.: The Man Who Made Us'', ''Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times'' |occupation = journalist, author |nationality = |spouse = [[Sandra Gwyn]] (m. 1958-2000, her death)<br>[[Carol Bishop-Gwyn]] (m. 2005) }} '''Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, historian, and civil servant. From 1957 to 1959, Gwyn was the parliamentary correspondent for [[United Press International]], in [[Ottawa]]. Later in 1959 to 1960, he worked for [[Thomson Corporation|Thomson Newspapers]]. From 1960 to 1962, he was the [[Ottawa]] editor for [[Maclean-Hunter]] Business Publications. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Canada]]'' as a parliamentary correspondent and contributing editor. From 1968 to 1970, he was the executive assistant to the [[Minister of Communications (Canada)|Minister of Communications]], [[Eric Kierans]]. From 1970 to 1973, he was the director-general, socio-economic planning in the Department of Communications. Gwyn died from [[Alzheimer's disease]] on August 15, 2020 at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wellandtribune.ca/ts/politics/federal/2020/08/15/longtime-star-columnist-richard-gwyn-86-set-the-standard-for-canadian-political-journalism.html |title=Longtime Star columnist Richard Gwyn, dead at 86, set the standard for Canadian political journalism |access-date=2020-08-19 |archive-date=2020-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816105233/https://www.