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In Loving Memory

PAUL DOUGLAS MORRIS

June 20, 1938 – February 6, 2025

Peacefully at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, after a long illness, Paul Douglas Morris passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2025 with his loving wife Marion by his side. Paul was born in Toronto and spent his entire working career at Maple Leaf Gardens where he was in the sound department and also served as the Public Address Announcer for the Maple Leafs for 38 years.

Paul will be greatly missed by Marion (nee Price), his wife of 52 years as well as Marion’s sister, Pat Nowell, and Pat’s daughter Vicki Nowell (Khalid Moomand). He is also survived by his cousin Diane (Larry Amos) and their families and his cousin Ted Farewell’s daughters and their families. However, his cousin Ted predeceased him. Paul was predeceased by his parents Douglas and Dorothy (nee Farewell) Morris and his sister Linda Morris (December 13, 2024).

A celebration of Paul’s life will be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Mount Lawn Funeral Home & Cemetery 905-443-3376.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Lakeridge Health Oshawa, or a charity of your choice would be appreciated.

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RIP

And my sincere condolences to his grieving family

He had such a dignified, soothing and iconic voice as a public address announcer.

He was the voice of the old Maple Leaf Gardens and a important part of Maple Leaf history. With the Toronto organization, he was the equivalent of the late Claude Mouton, the voice and public announcer of the formerly iconic Montreal Forum.
 
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In their 108-year history, the Maple Leafs had 39 head coaches, 20 team captains and 18 general managers. But they only had 4 official public address announcers. This is what Consistency looks like.

Red Barber (1931-1961)
Paul Morris (1961- may 31, 1999, game 5 of the Buffalo /Toronto ECF was his last one)
Andy Frost (october 1999-june 2016)
Mike Ross (october 2016- present)
 
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I was a big fan of Paul's iconic voice. I loved hearing him announce our Leafs goals.

Him and Foster Hewitt raised me up as a huge hockey fan during my childhood.

RIP good sir, and thank you for your service to our :leafs
 
Paul Morris was so much a part of my childhood growing up a Leafs fan, hearing his voice on TV. To hear him live in person for the first time in 1985?.........12 year old me was floored and it was something I remember almost much as the game (which was against St. Louis - I have ticket stub somewhere).

It's great that a lot of our memories are not of the game and players, but other icons of the experience.

Other non-game memories include hearing Michael Burgess doing the anthem live - just wow!

I really think Paul Morris is just as much a part of the Leafs storied history as any player. You won't have those legendary voices anymore I don't think.

I suppose I consider myself pretty luck to have experienced MLG/Paul Morris - and yet saw many a hockey game at Joe Louis Arena and here Windsor native Bud Lynch (another icon of the game) on the JLA PA. Even the old PA announcer from the old Chicago Stadium - saw the Leafs there when they started the '93-'94 season 10-0.
 
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