Quarrington finds new ways to surprise, posthumously
May 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
Date: Monday May. 24, 2010
TORONTO — Months after his death, Paul Quarrington is still finding new ways to surprise.
The multi-hyphenate author, musician, filmmaker and playwright died of lung cancer in January. But the work is still coming. This spring will see the release of his first solo CD and a new memoir, while a documentary about his final months will air on television.
And as they survey his latest spate of creative works, those close to Quarrington continue to marvel at the friend they’ve lost.
“The reception, it’s just overwhelming, the sense of ‘thank you,’ and ‘I didn’t know that,”‘ said Judith Keenan, a close confidante of Quarrington’s and the producer of “Paul Quarrington: Life in Music,” a documentary that will air on Saturday (Bravo, 7 p.m. ET).
“These are people talking to me — ‘I’m a high school friend of Paul’s and I didn’t know that about him.’ Or his brother would say, ‘I didn’t know that about him.’ They’re all discovering things about this gentleman.
“I think just the way he constructed his life, it’s people finding doors to walk through they didn’t know existed. It’s increased the value of this trifecta of products coming out at the same time.”
And these final creative works exist thanks to the tireless effort Quarrington put in during the months and days that would prove to be his last.
Quarrington was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer last May, a fatal condition he would succumb to in January at the age of 56.
In between, he worked at a prodigious pace to complete his projects. Rather than being defeated by the diagnosis, he almost seemed buoyed — in the film, he refers to it as a “gift,” because the knowledge that his time was limited served as motivation to work furiously to complete a staggering career of accomplishments.
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