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<!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> May 3, 2005<br><b>Bob Hunter, 63, a Founder of Greenpeace, Is Dead</b><br>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<br><br>TORONTO, May 2 (AP) - Bob Hunter, a Canadian journalist who was a founder of the environmental group Greenpeace, died Monday after a battle with prostate cancer, the organization said. He was 63.<br><br>Mr. Hunter, a columnist for The Vancouver Sun in the 1960's and most recently an ecology broadcaster for Canadian media, first came to prominence in 1971 with the founding of Greenpeace and its protests against nuclear testing. He brought public attention to the hunting of whales and seals, as well as the dumping of toxic waste into the oceans.<br><br>Mr. Hunter, who coined the phrase "Don't Make a Wave" to describe his opposition to nuclear testing, boarded a small fishing boat, the Greenpeace, in 1971 to set off to Alaska to protest nuclear testing by the United States.<br><br>"I thought I was going to be a reporter, taking notes," he later said, according to a news release from Greenpeace. "In reality, I wound up on first watch." He remained on board for 45 days.<br><br>Mr. Hunter, a native of Manitoba, helped establish the aggressive communication style that became a Greenpeace trademark. He became the first president of Greenpeace in 1973, and led it through its transformation into an international group now present in 40 countries, with more than 2.5 million members worldwide.<br><br>His media savvy and passion for ecology were critical to the organization, the group said, having adopted the term "rainbow warriors" to describe Greenpeace workers.<br><br>In his most recent role, Mr. Hunter was the ecology news specialist for Citytv and CP24 , the Canadian television channels. He was perhaps best known to Toronto viewers for Paper Cuts, a segment in which he wore a bathrobe and commented on the articles in the day's newspapers.<br><br>He is survived by his wife, Bobbi, and his children, Will, Emily, Conan and Justine.<br><br>Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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