Background
Murray Cohl was born in Toronto, Ontario to Karl and Lillian Cohl in 1929.
Murray Cohl was born in Toronto, Ontario to Karl and Lillian Cohl in 1929.
His father Karl was a Communist who worked as a house painter in the city. Cohl attended at Charles G. Fraser elementary school and Camp Naivelt in the north of Toronto from the age of five. He began his adult life as a real estate lawyer after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1954.
On January 11, 2008 he died at a hospital in Toronto.