Judging from the steady flow of acceptance speech tears, receiving a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame is an emotional day for many Canadians. It was especially hard for Paul Hartmann, brother of the late Canadian actor-comedian Phil Hartman.
On Saturday afternoon, Paul was accepting the national honour on behalf of Phil (who dropped the extra “n” for his stage name). During a ceremony held at Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre, the beloved Ontario-born comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons” star was presented with the Cineplex Legends Award, a posthumous honour that in previous years has gone to other notable Canadian luminaries such as Mordecai Richler and Raymond Burr.
Part of a four-day festival, the annual Walk of Fame inductions honour Canadian achievement in a variety of fields, in a star-studded celebration of the country’s best and brightest. And this year, Hartman — who died tragically in 1998 — was part of a 2012 crop of inductees that included Canadian music legends Sarah McLachlan and Randy Bachman, former CFL great Russ Jackson, and Toronto ballerina Sonia Rodriguez.
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